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Re: [RC] Dogs,horses,and snakes/elec collar? - Rosalie MarleyThere was a really good article in The Horse magazine, Feb 2005 that I read on line. Apparently I need to be a subscriber to read it again. It's article 5408 and it covers the use of shock collars in training horses. If I remember the collar isn't exactly like the canine version because of the difference in how dogs and horses tolerate pain. I just lost my yearling colt (15 months old) to a rattlesnake and have been doing a lot of thinking on teaching snake avoidance like the dog people do. The colt was in his pasture, it's not like we were on the trail or that I was even with him when he got bit. I'm worried for the rest of my horses, we live in "prarie rattlesnake" country. Rosalie On 8/31/05, Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Too bad our dogs and horses can't all get just enough of a bite in the nose to be a painful but harmless lesson. We "snakeproof" our dogs with the elec. collar (it's one of the few times I ever use the "high" settings.)It's not always effective;I've heard some dogs decide thereafter to pre-emptively attack and kill every snake they encounter.The collar deal ought to work with horses;the settings would need to be very low for a horse.(You catch a non-poisonous snake,put it in a pillow case,and put it in the refridgerator for at least two hours to make it torpid enough to control during the lesson.)Chico don' like snakes;some deer apparently hate 'em,judging from the deer-stomped snakes I've seen.Maybe they did get a punch(non-venemous or "dry" venemous) in the nose while grazing,and thus learned. ---------------------------------- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! ---------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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