showley1
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Have a youngster on box rest who is bored silly and banging the door, anyone have any methods to stop it? She is driving me and everyone else crazy!
Have a youngster on box rest who is bored silly and banging the door, anyone have any methods to stop it? She is driving me and everyone else crazy!
Have a youngster on box rest who is bored silly and banging the door, anyone have any methods to stop it? She is driving me and everyone else crazy!
Quit kick or water gun that has a good spray reach so that you can do it without them seeing you.
Water IME has been the best deterrent. Just be careful they do not throw their head up and hit it the first time. Put a pollguard on if concerned.
I had a horse that banged at feed time and stopped him completely by giving him a squirt of water when he banged. I'm not sure how it would work with a horse on box rest but I'd probably give it a try. My approach was to have the water pistol filled and handy and if the horse banged I gave him a squirt but didn't speak to him or acknowledge him in any way. When he was quiet I'd speak to him, he only got fed when he was quiet and back from the door. He was a very clever horse and got the message very quickly indeed.