A Yankee In NC
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Hi !
I have not had time to post lately as I have been busy with my new addition...Stuart....my first mini (first horse ever, actually)
I thought that I would share with everyone how things are going.
Well, Stuart is testing the waters just as any young'un. Jumping and biting...behaving badly.
Luckily, I have a patient at our office that owns a horse training facility. Since he comes in weekly for his chiropractic adjustment I pick his brain!
I have had alot of trouble with Stuart biting and he told me to tie him to a wall.....for as long as he fussed ....and then a bit more...then release him.
Well, I tried it this weekend and it worked like a charm! He has been a much better boy since then.
After about an hour and a half he stopped fussing and just stood there resigned to his punishment.
This morning he tried to jump at me and I think that by the weekend I will have to impose a bit more wall time...we shall see.
I know that most of this is due to the fact that he needs to be gelded...but he still needs to learn his limitations.
I am also learning about how to be the "Boss".
Other than the above...he is a wonderful horse and I enjoy him so much. I love to watch him play with his Toys..(a waste basket, an old laundry basket, a few large dog toys and an exercise ball).
When he palys with the excercise ball we both get a work out as I have to run around the perimeter of the pasture area to retrieve it as he pushes it thru the fencing!
I hope to get him a pasture buddy soon after he is gelded. It is true..they are like potato chips....you cannot have just one! LOL
If anyone has any words of wisdom to share I am all ears...getting bitten by Stuart is not fun ...and I bruise up with each bite!
I have not had time to post lately as I have been busy with my new addition...Stuart....my first mini (first horse ever, actually)
I thought that I would share with everyone how things are going.
Well, Stuart is testing the waters just as any young'un. Jumping and biting...behaving badly.
Luckily, I have a patient at our office that owns a horse training facility. Since he comes in weekly for his chiropractic adjustment I pick his brain!
I have had alot of trouble with Stuart biting and he told me to tie him to a wall.....for as long as he fussed ....and then a bit more...then release him.
Well, I tried it this weekend and it worked like a charm! He has been a much better boy since then.
After about an hour and a half he stopped fussing and just stood there resigned to his punishment.
This morning he tried to jump at me and I think that by the weekend I will have to impose a bit more wall time...we shall see.
I know that most of this is due to the fact that he needs to be gelded...but he still needs to learn his limitations.
I am also learning about how to be the "Boss".
Other than the above...he is a wonderful horse and I enjoy him so much. I love to watch him play with his Toys..(a waste basket, an old laundry basket, a few large dog toys and an exercise ball).
When he palys with the excercise ball we both get a work out as I have to run around the perimeter of the pasture area to retrieve it as he pushes it thru the fencing!
I hope to get him a pasture buddy soon after he is gelded. It is true..they are like potato chips....you cannot have just one! LOL
If anyone has any words of wisdom to share I am all ears...getting bitten by Stuart is not fun ...and I bruise up with each bite!
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