Need help with a horse.....
(I'm reading this, and thinking of one of my in-laws...)
Hello and thanks for reading.
I am in search of someone that actually is NOT afraid of drafts that know how to handle themselves and can actually catch a mare and put a halter on her. Now before you send me horrible emails about my so-called lack of horse knowledge or anything else you think you may have an opinion on let me explain the situation. We saved a pregnant mare from slaughter. We did NOT know that she was a hard to catch possibly unhandled mare. She is a draft cross she comes from bucking stock and is 12 yrs old based on her brands. Now we have had her going on 8 months BUT because she was pregnant and because of the cold winter and her being shy we worked very slowly with her to build trust. We can pet her to some degree and she will eat from our hands she will not, however, eat from a feed bucket if you are holding it, and as soon as she sees a halter or a rope she's gone. We have had several so called trainers out here, several farriers that swear they can rope her and then they come out and after 5 minutes they walk away without even attempting to catch her. One even told us to shoot her well no that isn't what we do. We saved her to give her a chance.
We have had medicines given to her by the vet's recommendation to sedate or calm her they did not work and no vet here will take a chance on darting her because there is a real risk of injury.
I just need someone that can come out here and catch her and halter her. The vet feels as though she is just one of those horses that don't want to work and knows if she's not caught she won't have to and I feel the same. She is NOT a dangerous horse she has never once even with her foal on the ground tried to do anything with anyone that has come out here. She just walks off or runs off. She is just one of those hard-headed mares that knows what she is doing and has gotten away with doing it for so long that she figures why not just keep on doing it. But we can't have that because her hooves need to be done, she needs to be vetted.
So if you are someone that has knowledge of hard-headed horses, or someone who isn't afraid of horses and can help catch her please contact me. If you are a farrier that actually knows what you're doing that is a big plus she can get her feet done once caught and so can my other mare. PLEASE don't contact me if you don't know what you are doing or don't have experience!!! I do NOT want my horse hurt or YOU hurt because you can't do the job I need done. I Don't have a real good setup out here so no I don't have a round pen or panels for a pen she is on roughly 2.5 acres of open land.
Email me if you think you can help and I can answer any questions that you may have. Together I am sure we can come up with a safe way to get this done but again PLEASE know what you are doing safety is my first priority for both my horse and you.
Containment is the answer.?ÿ First in a small lot, then a smaller pen, then an even smaller pen, eventually into a chute that shortens to be just about as long as she is.?ÿ Rope the head and each leg.?ÿ Slowly and calmly as possible do what needs done.?ÿ Release into the smallest pen for a week or two, then try the bigger pen for a week or two.?ÿ Allow her the option to be in more than one containment area so that the fear subsides.?ÿ Convince her that anywhere is relatively safe.
Some of you fellows may have used this method to find a wife.?ÿ Did it work?
I was thinking along the same lines as you, "containment". And, use a line to run this horse, as in get her running, inside her 2.5 acre area, until she's tired, and "comes in" kinda like the Monte Roberts method.
And, if you get in a hurry, "containment", is what makes gunpowder lethal. So, "patience and containment". But, I'm not going to answer this ad. I'm tired.?ÿ
Nate
Containment is the answer.?ÿ First in a small lot, then a smaller pen, then an even smaller pen, eventually into a chute that shortens to be just about as long as she is.?ÿ Rope the head and each leg.?ÿ Slowly and calmly as possible do what needs done.?ÿ Release into the smallest pen for a week or two, then try the bigger pen for a week or two.?ÿ Allow her the option to be in more than one containment area so that the fear subsides.?ÿ Convince her that anywhere is relatively safe.
Some of you fellows may have used this method to find a wife.?ÿ Did it work?
I??m so frustrated, I tried your method on my wife, move her into progressively smaller pens but she keeps getting away.
One thing to remember at all times when handling livestock is that the animal may outweigh you by a factor of 10.?ÿ Their strength is many times that of the "handler".?ÿ Plus they know what they are going to do, but you have to wait to react to their action.?ÿ Sort of like the video a couple days ago of the anaconda zipping out of the pond, grabbing the deer, twirling it's length around it and rolling back into the water in roughly three seconds.
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In my younger days, I would have felt sure that I could catch that mare.?ÿ I've had some real "rodeo" experiences trying to wrangle?ÿ horses and have generally been successful but I really like the chute idea better now.?ÿ 2 1/2 acres is a small enough area to get her into a place she can't get out of easily.?ÿ Somebody did recently post a video of mules jumping a five foot fence though.
From deep under the dust:
One thing to remember at all times when handling livestock is that the animal may outweigh you by a factor of 10.?ÿ
That, and the fact most of them have teeth is enough to keep me away.... ?????ÿ
