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Nov 22 13 7:55 AM
Dutchy wrote:Spooksandbolts wrote:Bbrandha wrote:So have any of you had one that was never "catchable"?No. Never. But as I said earlier I've done some horrors over the years and the time they take varies. But patience is always rewarded.I have a lot of patience, 12 years now actually. But I think I have a horse that will never be 'normal' to catch or turn out. I can catch him myself without a problem, he'll come running up to me, and there are a very select few other people who can catch him in the pasture, but others including the BOs can't catch him. They can get him from the pasture into his stall by letting him out of the pasture and then carefully leading him to his stall either by his forelock or with a rope around his neck. To let him out of the pasture they have to take all other horses out first, leave the gate open and step back because he won't come out if they're too close to the gate. Once he's out he's fine and they can approach him.Now if they do try to catch him in the pasture they'll have to corner him, and one of two things can happen (besides him shaking like a leaf). One, he jumps the fence (he'll jump hot tape). Two, as soon as they put the head collar on he'll bolt and it's impossible to hold on to him unless you like to be dragged through the pasture at a full galop.Getting him in the pasture is worse though. If you lead him there he'll bolt (long) before you get to the gate. He lunges sideways/forward away from you and again it's impossible to hold on. Even if you can hold the lead he'll drag you along at full speed. Not out of excitement, but full blown panic. There's two things he trying to avoid, and those are being led through the gate and taking off the lead. Again, I can put him in the pasture, though I have to double the lead though the ring of his head collar (trying to undo the snap could seriously cost me my fingers). Others can't. The BOs turn him out by opening his stall door and opening the gate to the pasture, he'll then walk out of his stall calmly besides one of the BOs until 10-15 yards before the gate, then he bolts through the gate, turns around and snorts for a while.If they do put on a head collar and try to lead him he'll bolt, sometimes even still in the stable aisle where he has to make a sharp turn, and he has slipped and crashed twice doing that, on concrete. Besides, it's really dangerous for the person leading him.Now this is a horse without any other behaviour problems, leads like a dream in any other situation, and in any other situation has zero problems having a head collar or headstall put on or taken off. You can lead him anywhere, as long as it's not to a pasture or out of a pasture. When I got him he could hardly be handled at all and leading him at all was no option as he would panic and bolt. He hasn't bolted in any other situation in over 11 years.
Spooksandbolts wrote:Bbrandha wrote:So have any of you had one that was never "catchable"?No. Never. But as I said earlier I've done some horrors over the years and the time they take varies. But patience is always rewarded.
Bbrandha wrote:So have any of you had one that was never "catchable"?
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