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Post by gypsywolf59 on Jun 16, 2009 21:11:06 GMT -5
picked up this 11yr. mare 3 months ago, she is great. turkeys fly up within 10 feet of us ,don't bather her at all, gose though the muck up to knees no problem. but wont go through water even a puddle, even in the pasture she gose around them , were stumped on this one so all ideals are welcome thank Greg
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Post by horsecrazylady on Jun 19, 2009 14:08:45 GMT -5
My mule will go into big water but will not step in a puddle. I think puddles look to much like holes in the ground to equine.
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Post by crzyhorselover09 on Jun 19, 2009 14:09:54 GMT -5
keep walk her by the water till she see that the water not going to kill her. My mare fine to walk thru but if small she would stare at it for while then se eme walk thru it and survive then she will walk thru it lol
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Post by gypsywolf59 on Jun 19, 2009 16:23:36 GMT -5
she will watch the other horses go thru it an play in it, but not her. i dont want to get nasty with her about, with not knowing about her past
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Post by magicwoman6 on Jun 19, 2009 18:40:36 GMT -5
Put on your rubber boots and play in the water with her, make it fun!!! Make a huge puddle in your yard, if you can, and just stand in it with her walk in and out of it as many times as you can, and remember have fun and do not get mad!!!! Once you have done it on the ground a few times ride her through it. Good luck...If you have excess to a lake, take her swimming!!!
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Post by crzyhorselover09 on Jun 19, 2009 20:37:17 GMT -5
you can walk her near it stand there for while with loose lead rope in ur hand let her stand there and think abt it
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Post by gypsywolf59 on Jun 19, 2009 20:43:28 GMT -5
she thinks about it for about that long an then seee ya lol last time i forgot my gloves man rope bruns hurt lol.
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Post by crzyhorselover09 on Jun 19, 2009 20:47:42 GMT -5
lol i know how that is, i know it does hurts and i keep forgetting the gloves everytime! I was walkin my mare down road no problem then on path field to woods she stood very still held her head so high heard something and wanted to bolt! the rope was burning my h ands!
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Post by santphea on Jun 24, 2009 6:16:21 GMT -5
I call my Spirit the puddle jumper. LOL Will go through long wide fields of water, swim in lakes over his head but jump a 1 foot wide trench or little puddle. Can't figure it out either. I will NOT let him refuse because once on a trail ride we were running down a narrow path and he swerved to go around a tiny puddle and almost threw me. So I will take the time no matter how long it takes to get him through it. Good luck, be patient and don't let him refuse or it will be a permanent problem.
Magicwoman has a great idea. That's what I would do also. Make sure you are not apprehensive, expecting the balk. Do NOT get mad. If she takes one step in the water reward her and end it there.
You could always float a few treats in a Frisbee to make him get a reward for going in. My mare is deathly afraid of grocery bags so I put a few treats in it and make her take them out herself. It seems like I have to do this once a year because her fear comes back over the winter. Horses have such weird phobias. You just have to figure out how to overcome it.
I just recently had a problem with Spirit refusing a ditch with water. Three times he refused then I tried one more time and out jumped a deer. So it wasn't the water after all.
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