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Links Aggressive horses - reprimanding and correcting aggressive behavior in horses - Allowing your horse to be aggressive is very dangerous. It is dangerous for yourself and anyone who is around or handles your horse. Many owners do not actually know that their horse is being aggressive. There are many actions aggressive horses can take. From biting and kicking, rearing and charging to less noticeable dominance acts of crowding your space when leading, bumping you with his head or leaning on you, and many others Read More... pop (Added: 25-Feb-2001 Hits: 4618 Rating: 8.52 Votes: 27) Rate It Bad Habits in Horses - Does feed, housing and exercise relate to boredome and bad habits in horses? - Abnormal behaviour in horses includes such activities as weaving, crib biting, wind sucking, wood chewing and stall walking. A recent survey looked at the time that dressage, endurance and eventing horses spent in the stable and the prevalence of abnormal behaviours in these horses Read More... (Added: 25-Feb-2001 Hits: 1545 Rating: 7.20 Votes: 5) Rate It Barn sour training solutions, buddy sour training solutions. Teach your horse to remain in control at all times. - What is a Barn-Sour horse? This is a horse who does not want to leave the area of your barn. He may object to move any further from the barn, run around you in circles trying to get back, or engage in more dangerous activities such as rearing pulling on the lead rope or reins. When you are in an area away from the barn, the Barn-Sour horse will become over-excited when coming back to the barn and may be over-eager to get back to his stall. In many situations, the rider will lose control of the horse as he/she is walking the horse to the barn. Allowing your horse to be Barn-Sour is a very dangerous habit. When you are not in control, you are in a dangerous situation. You must learn to be in control 100% of the time when riding your horse. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 1933 Rating: 8.61 Votes: 13) Rate It Biting and Nipping - Horses who bite are commonly attempting to exert their superiority. Biting may also be a sign of defiance, or a conditioned (trained) response to stimuli from poor training and/or handling methods. Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 1955 Rating: 7.55 Votes: 9) Rate It Cribbing - Possibly the most well known stable vice, Cribbing not only damages the horses surroundings, but could threaten his life. Horses that crib will take hold of practically anything (stall door, side of the stall, etc.), and with an arch of the neck, gulp in air - and grunt it out. Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 1041 Rating: 8.22 Votes: 9) Rate It Dislike of Clippers - There are many reasons that a horse does not like to be clipped. Some horses are frightened of the feel of the clippers, others of the noise. Some horses have had bad experiences in the past and resist because they associate those unpleasant experiences with the clippers. Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 617 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2) Rate It Headshy Horses , headshyness in horses, head shy - If you have ruled out all other possible causes and have come to the conclusion that it is poor or inadequate training that has caused your horse to become headshy, then you will need to find a training method that is safe to use. As with all training methods you use, you should choose one that does not threaten the safety of you or the horse. I will go into detail here on two different methods that I use on horses to "cure" headshyness. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 1381 Rating: 9.67 Votes: 6) Rate It Horses that bite - training methods that work and ones that don't - Many horses get away with the serious aggressive behavior of biting. Any horse who bites is dangerous and not safe to work around. All horses can be taught that biting humans is not acceptable. In this article, I will first talk about commonly used "solutions" for horses that bite, along with many problems I see with them. I will then talk about teaching our horses to respect our space, and will explain training solutions for several types of biters. Enjoy... Read More... (Added: 25-Feb-2001 Hits: 1698 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 9) Rate It Horses that buck while riding - teaching a horse to ride obediently and respectfully - There really isn't a cue to tell a horse "stop bucking" or "don't buck". However, there are cues that you can use to keep his mind off of bucking. You can use any number of cues that you want (the cues should be ones that you know he will respond to properly 100% of the time). Once he knows, or has learned, several cues and can perform them responsively and consistently, he will begin to learn to listen to you and wait for your cues instead of taking over the situation and doing what he wants to do (buck). Read More... (Added: 23-Apr-2001 Hits: 2093 Rating: 7.30 Votes: 10) Rate It Kicking - Kicking is considered a defensive action, which horses normally do not use unless they feel threatened. Generally, the threat, whether real or imaginary, is from the rear. Even if it seems that the horse is kicking for no apparent reason, he is usually trying to protect himself from discomfort or an attack that he sees as imminent. Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 1060 Rating: 7.71 Votes: 7) Rate It Pulling Back - Ideally horses will be trained as foals to stand still in crossties; However, this is not always the case. If you have a mature horse, who will not tie, you can train it to stand patiently. To do this you will need a lounge line, or very long lead rope and a ring attached to the wall firmly. Fasten the lounge line through the ring on the wall, keep the remainder of the rope in your hand with your free hand, groom him. Whenever he pulls back, let out some of the rope so he doesn%u2019t feel any resistance or pulling on his halter. At the same time, command him firmly to stand and then step him back up to his original spot. Keep doing this until he realizes that he has to stand and that he is not going to be hurt by what you are doing. Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 807 Rating: 7.40 Votes: 5) Rate It Stall Walking - Like many people, some horses have the tendency to pace or walk in their stalls either situationally or habitually Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 665 Rating: 5.80 Votes: 5) Rate It Tail Rubbing (at E-Stable The Definitive Horse - Horses do not rub their tails for psychological reasons or to pass the time. They do it because their tails are causing them discomfort. Commonly the skin of the dock is irritated by an infection . . . possibly a parasitic infection, such as worms. Another reason a horse may rub his tail is due to poor trailering. For example, if your horse has to balance himself up against the back bar during acceleration or on rough roads when trailering, his tail could get rubbed. Read More... (Added: 28-Oct-2000 Hits: 797 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It Tips for Aggressive and Sensitive Horses - Why is it that some horses seem to be afraid of their own shadow, overreacting to our movements, while other horses seem to be pushy, nipping at us, or ignoring our requests? Read More... (Added: 19-Jul-2000 Hits: 3274 Rating: 8.94 Votes: 20) Rate It Weaving - This is an odd behavior in which the horse rocks from foreleg to foreleg for long amounts of time. Weaving generally occurs in horse which are kept in stalls, as opposed to pastures. Read More... 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