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Topic: is bribing ok?
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MiniHorseGrl
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posted May 17, 2004 04:43 PM
harold no longer likes going in his stall! he jumps at the chance to go out, and is happy to stay otu till the bugs start goin at him despite fly spray, then he whinnies for me, and i go get him, and walk him aroun a bit, and refly spray him, but when i try to put him in his stall, he locks his legs and wont go..the only way i CAN get him in, is if i walk with a handful of grass..is that ok?
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Posts: 381 | From: Lockport,NY | Registered: Apr 2004
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SyntheticTrust
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posted May 17, 2004 04:46 PM
NO! no bribing! Bribing means that the horse has got you trained!
Posts: 238 | From: Carriere, Mississippi | Registered: Apr 2004
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Cayenne_spice
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posted May 17, 2004 04:54 PM
i dont like to bribe but like this one timne, one of our borders was spending 8 hours of the day trying to get her horse in the trailer it took her 4 days, by that time i would not be over bribing, but i wouldnt do it on every ocation, i told her get the horse moved and then work with it! i would say at times bribeing can be good but its really never good for a horses training, i only do it when i am desprite, like when we had to take one of my horses to the vet and she would not get in the trailer no matter what! so the vet told us to bribe her to get in, because she just wouldnt but then i went home and worked with her untill she went in. so my point is if you want to bribe only do it oif your really really desprite, dont do it all the time because then the horse will not do anything with out something in return like food. but thats my 2 cents.
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Posts: 404 | From: Washington | Registered: Sep 2003
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MiniHorseGrl
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posted May 17, 2004 05:23 PM
ok, well, how else should i get him in his stall??
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Posts: 381 | From: Lockport,NY | Registered: Apr 2004
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SyntheticTrust
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posted May 17, 2004 05:48 PM
question... once you get him in the stall, does he get angry, paw, kick, or just stand there?
Posts: 238 | From: Carriere, Mississippi | Registered: Apr 2004
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MiniHorseGrl
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posted May 17, 2004 06:06 PM
hes fine once he gets in the stall, and acts normal, but when i lead him up TO the stall, he freezes and WONT move, unless its AWAY from the stall
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Posts: 381 | From: Lockport,NY | Registered: Apr 2004
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SyntheticTrust
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posted May 17, 2004 06:12 PM
Hmmm.. horse books say to just keeping marching forward and sooner or later the horse will take a step towards you since you seem to be going in a direction with no "scary things"
Posts: 238 | From: Carriere, Mississippi | Registered: Apr 2004
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Cyn
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posted May 17, 2004 06:16 PM
There is a post somewhere on horse trailering that I gave detailed info on forward movement. I will look for it and bump it up!!
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Posts: 1021 | From: Central, Ca | Registered: Dec 2003
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kiwi'sgirl
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posted May 17, 2004 06:29 PM
i don't always believe in bribing , but i do it some of the time! see, my horse wont go in the trailer. it isn't scary for him, he is just used to a stock trailer so a smaller one is different. he is a ****** for food though and we just shake a little grain and it makes the process so much eaiser. we always try without it first but, letting him get on it without a big fight or scene makes him think that nothing is wrong with the trailer. he never puts up a fight and everytime he gets so much better,(further in without food)last time we trailerd i didn't even shake grain just gave him a treat when he was locked in! bribing isn't that bad. my parents did it to me just to get some stuff over with and it worked and now they don't have to brib me. i did it once and now it is no prob. to do it again.
Posts: 108 | From: ohio | Registered: Nov 2003
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Bluelightspecial
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posted May 17, 2004 07:13 PM
I think bribing a horse is fine. When my horse just refuses to do something, I'll bribe him with treats and he'll do it. But I'll bribe him less and less with treats until he'll do it on his own. I think bribing is very helpful in a lot of cases but I think people don't like it because it can get out of hand. The horse can start to get grabby and thats never good.
Posts: 36 | From: Ohio | Registered: Apr 2004
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SyntheticTrust
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posted May 17, 2004 07:20 PM
I dont think bribing is good because that shows you (the owner, the boss) being submissive to the horse when it should be the other way around from the start.
Posts: 238 | From: Carriere, Mississippi | Registered: Apr 2004
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