Piddle on command

[plaid mare]

There is a woman from the Netherlands who has trained her horses to piddle in a bucket on command. Her name is Christian Den Boer. I saw this on YouTube. There is an English version, she demonstrates in both languages. She holds a bucket under them, then asks for the behavior. The horses will even stop, then restart on command. I don't know how often one would need this behavior, maybe for travel, or for service animals. It's an interesting watch. I admire her skills.

 

[dalvers63]

Many endurance riders teach their horses to urinate on command. From what I've seen it is pretty easy to teach if you can capture the behavior. They will whistle a tune when the horse is going and over time you just have to start whistling and they will go when you want them to

 

[Cayuse]

My neighbors had Standardbred race horses and a lot of them tinkled when you whistled. We were told that they were trained to do so because they needed the urine for drug testing after a race. I remember as a kid we would whistle at the horses trying to get them to pee, just to see if we could.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Very true Cayuse, When the stewards needed swabs , we would take them into the box and whistle Always worked

 

[plaid mare]

I had no idea this was a thing. I was an exercise boy at an off track facility,and before that a groom. I never saw anyone do this. Now I just need to learn to whistle! Maybe I can catch my shy piddler, and teach him. I have to constantly introduce new games anyway. I just have the one, and I don't want him to become sullen, and bored.