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--- Lif Strand <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 10:35 AM 7/13/2004, JL Thompson wrote:
> > I still don't know what is right here.  I guess I
> could just play the 
> > whole thing safe and only hand walk him in very
> familiar areas, like the 
> > arena, so he doesn't get surprised by anything. 
> And like someone else 
> > told me privately, invest in some steel toed boots!
>  LOL
>
> I'm thinking that "bad" behavior that is occurring
> because your horse is 
> temporarily confined might be treated different than
> if the same sort of 
> actions were happening during normal times, when
> your horse is always 
> turned out.
Right again. My very docile horse Zab, who is my
lesson horse and is very kind and gentle, was BONKERS 
last winter when he sprained a ligament and had to be
confined to the round pen for 2 months. You should see
my round pen. It's all mashed on top from him hurling
his body at it! He really wanted out, but we didn't
want an injury to become a full blown tear. It was
tough on both of us, but he made it and so did I. And
now he is back to his sweet natured self.

I  gave him some stall toys which helped a bit, and
took him off almost all grain and just kept plenty of
hay before him to keep him occupied. and I took him
out twice a day for handwalking.

chris

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"A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot

Chris and Star

BayRab Acres
http://pages.prodigy.net/paus

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