Accetable or Cruel???

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I don't think any of the pro kickers in this thread advocate "batter"ing it (good use of emotive language though I like it) people are saying a kick, if it cures the problem, is not cruel.

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At no point in any of my posts did I say " a kick" was cruel.

You prob have me mixed up with someone else.


Your man has been battering that horse for days now and its still lying down
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Well if you spend a little time watching horses in the field, you'll see how horses teach each other. Maybe that will ched a little light for you on how horses are used to being taught..

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Spot on !!

Sharon xx
 
hmmm my 3 yo waved her back leg at me when i was trying to pick her foot out. she instantly got the hoof pick handle in her bum in protest from me.
she wasnt damaged or traumatised- she happily picked it up and stood properly.
i wont accept any threats towards me from any of mine. another horse wouldnt.
im never 'angry' and they dont get repeated slaps. and certainly not done with my feet or on a body part that could be injured.
 
FHOTD's thoughts on kickin a horse
(Note: I will indeed kick a horse myself - for one action. Kicking at me in obvious annoyance, clearly kicking at me as a resistance to something like cinching when there is no soreness or physical cause and not because there are flies. To me that's just pre-Parelli common sense - give the horse what another horse would give it for the same action. I don't kick as hard as another horse, and I don't have to. The horses invariably get the message that I'm just like another horse and kicking at me will result in the same response, so it probably is unwise. I would never apply this action in any other scenario.)
 
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