Posted in How To on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How To Handle A Difficult Horse Who Keeps Rushing Backwards Or Forwards
This is a good way for a horse to get out of things such as having their teeth done by a dentist etc. Once a horse learns to do this it can become a reoccurring problem.
A common way to stop a horse going backwards [...]
Posted in How To, tagged blacksmith, difficult horses with blacksmiths, difficult horses with farriers, farrier, holding horses for the blacksmith, holding horses for the farrier, horses and blacksmiths, horses and farriers, How to handle a difficult horse with a farrier on May 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
How To Handle A Difficult Horse With A Farrier
This gets a bit harder since there’s a third party involved. You can handle a horse on your own and stroke them all over and down their legs and ask them to lift their feet regularly . This may help greatly as they’re getting used to their [...]
Posted in How To, tagged catching a horse, horse catching catch a horse, how to catch a difficult horse, how to catch a horse on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How To Catch A Difficult Horse
There’s a few different factors that may vary the way you go about catching a horse. Such as the size of the paddock, the age and size of the horse and how much time you have to spend etc
One way is to section off their water with a temporary yard [...]
Posted in How To, tagged floating, floating a horse, horse floating, how to float a difficult horse, how to float a horse on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Floating
The first thing I do when trying to float a difficult horse is lunge them. Now you may ask what lunging has to do with floating a horse? It’s a way of building an instant relationship and a little communication, especially if you‘ve never met before. All you need is a few laps in either [...]
Posted in How To, tagged how to worm a difficult horse, how to worm a horse, worming, worming horses on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Worming
I have devised a little trick that even the toughest of horses who people claim cannot be wormed can be very quickly and calmly. All you need is a carrot, apple etc and the wormer. No halter and lead rope and no yard is needed. My philosophy behind this is not to restrain or make [...]
