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SUE O'BRIEN (Suewp)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Feb 12, 2002 - 12:21 pm: |   |
Dr. O, my 6 year old gelding stomps in my trailer to the point that he is tearing up the walls and floor. His problem stems back to when he was 3 months old, a trainer pulled him off my mare tied him in his trailer hauled him 20 miles and by the time he got to his place my gelding had beat his legs bloody and was hanging. He was so traumatized that I have had a real problem getting him to ride quietly. Is there any hope? Under saddle he is awesome, his performance is wonderful. I wonder if he will ever get over this. He hauls a litle better with another horse on with him. Do you have any advice?
Thank you so much for your wonderful web of knowledge.
Sue |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Feb 12, 2002 - 5:29 pm: | |
Hello Sue,
Thanks for the kudos. Lets see, I think you might try just free hauling in a stock type trailer as a quick fix. More long term I am sure the horse could be retrained using positive rewards as long as the behavior does not just occur while driving. You just have to learn to reward the good behavior appropriately, for an idea of how this works see Training Horses: Behavioral Problems: Behavior Modification, Conditioning, Desensitization, and Counterconditioning. If it occurs just while riding I don't see a safe way to manipulate it.
DrO |
Suzanne Moore (Suzym)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Feb 12, 2002 - 11:15 pm: | |
Hi, Sue ~ I was just going to suggest a stock trailer too. I have a friend who's horse did the same thing - he stomped so the trailer would actually bounce around, especially when the trailer was stopped. He didn't have the trauma your poor gelding suffered, but when she put him in a stock trailer all the stomping stopped for good. Guess he just didn't like her two-horse!
Good luck,
Suzy |
