Yearly misery

[Tobe_B]

All these people raggin on mares, I’ll take a mare over a gelding every day. My pen of mares has never quit me on a mountain, my geldings have. But to each their own.

If you called me to shoe her, I’d drug her. Either rompun mixed with xylazine, or a torbugesic. Dormosedan can get you seriously hurt for problems like hers. Dorm just slows the thought process on a horse, their reactivity can still be there and they can fire off and hurt you in a flash.

If she’s fine with shoe removal and the trim, but only reacts to nails being driven, then you can likely train her through that. Start be repeatedly picking up her feet and tapping them with a driving hammer on a shoe. Start lightly and build up intensity as she allows. I’ll also grease my nails so they slide easier and faster. Limits the amount of friction going through the hoof. Either nails stuck in Vaseline or sprayed with some kind of lithium lubricant. Just don’t put them in your mouth. That taste lingers.

 

[rayporter]

this is what the drugs are for.

 

[bmart2622]

Drugging her is a bandaid, not a fix. Like has been mentioned, isolate what specifically is causing her discomfort/anxiety and work consistently to fix it. Theres 2 ways to train animals and thats through force or through attrition. Its pretty hard to "force" a horse to do anything

 

[Pony Soldier]

Your contributions are greatly appreciated. She has been a pull-back queen since I bought here. Obviously started with a $500 halter bill. I stopped that with a be- nice halter. She hasn't broke it yet. I've seen her try it with puting on a bridle, opening up a trailer door, even tying her in a stall. We have found ways around most of this.

How I got away with only one event on the left foot, I have no idea. I'm sure the leg tye-up worked once but no guarentees for the future. I've picked up her foot for injuries and doctoring without a problem.

Other than that she has been very dependable with minimal blowups. We had a mare with a pull back issue and got it down to once a year with patience and beat the hell out of her. Some horses just have a bug.

 

[Tobe_B]

Definitely sounds like a nail issue with this horse. Some just don’t like feel or sound of driving nails.

My best horse had a pull back problem for a long time. I just never tied her up. Until we were up on the mountain in a lightning storm trying to load mules and get back below the trees. I tied her to a 6 foot tall pine tree since that’s all we had, too steep to hobble. She sat back and that tree whacked her in the face. Been better ever since.


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