Posted by George Spear - Lazy L Farrier Service on December 20, 2002 at 14:55:05:
In Reply to: Re: behaviorly challenged horses posted by Derin Foor on December 19, 2002 at 20:10:22:
Nate,
I have articles by John Lyons, Clinton Anderson and Pat Parelli on teaching horses to pick up their feet that I distribute to customers. Clinton anderson is going to devote his 1 hour weekly program to this topic -preparing for the farrier- the week of Jan 9th. I plan to tape it. You may wish to do so as well. RFDTV carries it. Avaialable on your nearest minidish.
George
: : Does anyone have a list of training ideas to hand out to customers on training their horses to pick up their feet.
: Hi Nate,
: To answer your question, no, I have never seen a list of ideas on how to train a horse to do a particular thing.
: Having said that, if these people have raised the horse from the time he was a newborn and wasn't picking up his feet before he was completely dry, then shame on them.... they just flunked Horsemanship 101
: If they purchased the horse and actually paid money for something that won't at the very least pick up his feet, shame on them and a smack on the head....what's wrong with this picture?!?!?
: Assuming they aquired this problem horse some other way, then I would refer them to a professional trainer in the area that you trust will be able to teach the horse to pick his feet up, along with all of the other ground manners he undoubtedly needs to learn before you crawl up under him
: just some thoughts after a long week of shoeing
: Derin