Royal Crescent
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I understand where Kay's coming from but must disagree strongly in one circumstance- when the horse is terrified, NOTHING is gained by cornering them at all costs and "proving they have to be caught!"kaykay said:Maybe something spooked him before you got there?? One thing I know for sure. IF you go to catch a horse YOU MUST CATCH THE HORSE. If you stop and dont catch it you have now taught the horse he doesnt have to be caught.
I agree with you. We spent almost an hour and a half working on catching him. I tried about everything a could think of, including bringing another mini back out, and then a made a temporary fence line in a small area and was down to the size of 1 cattle panel on each side. Instead of just stopping and giving up, as we had him cornered, he kept running around in the tiny space and was clearly in a panic. Even our other 2 yo who usually has alot more energy than this one would have just stopped cold in this space.Maybe something spooked him before you got there?? One thing I know for sure. IF you go to catch a horse YOU MUST CATCH THE HORSE. If you stop and dont catch it you have now taught the horse he doesnt have to be caught. That really sets you up for failure. If I get in a horse that is hard to catch I make sure I have the time to catch it or I dont even try.
And THAT is the situation I'm talking about.Royal Crescent said:I agree with you. We spent almost an hour and a half working on catching him. I tried about everything a could think of, including bringing another mini back out, and then a made a temporary fence line in a small area and was down to the size of 1 cattle panel on each side. Instead of just stopping and giving up, as we had him cornered, he kept running around in the tiny space and was clearly in a panic. Even our other 2 yo who usually has alot more energy than this one would have just stopped cold in this space.kaykay said:Maybe something spooked him before you got there?? One thing I know for sure. IF you go to catch a horse YOU MUST CATCH THE HORSE. If you stop and dont catch it you have now taught the horse he doesnt have to be caught. That really sets you up for failure. If I get in a horse that is hard to catch I make sure I have the time to catch it or I dont even try.
I wonder if he even could have been stung by a bee?? Our bees are horrible right now. I so hope hes doing better today.I agree with you. We spent almost an hour and a half working on catching him. I tried about everything a could think of, including bringing another mini back out, and then a made a temporary fence line in a small area and was down to the size of 1 cattle panel on each side. Instead of just stopping and giving up, as we had him cornered, he kept running around in the tiny space and was clearly in a panic. Even our other 2 yo who usually has alot more energy than this one would have just stopped cold in this space.
I toally agree Lei!!I suspect we'd actually agree if we could watch each other do it KayKay! biggrin.gif I
Is he still this spooky today? Or has he settled down some?
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