Equine fascination with Velcro...

[MizElz]

Does anyone else's horse have this? Ellie loves nothing more than to rip open the cuffs on my Harry Hall jacket! She will stand there and do it over and over again...I blame the OH...he taught her, and now she needs to go to Velcro Rippers Anonymous!

 

[FestiveFuzz]

I had the same thing with a few of the horses at the yard I used to work at, strangely it was just the cuffs of my Bronte jacket though........maybe its just a cuff thing?

 

[MotherOfChickens]

my horse loves velcro-cuffs, gloves and I have one jacket with velcro storm flap, maybe they are just trying to work out if we are actually still in there!

he also likes zips.

 

[ecrozier]

Mine definately prefers zips, especially if they have the toggles on.

 

[Cop-Pop]

LOL!! My mare has been known to take her own boots off before now but I think that's coz she's lazy and wants to get out of working

 

[arwenplusone]

It makes a noise and it feels funny - what's not to love about velcro?!!

 

[jo2601]

Ive had to remove all the elastic toggles off one of my yard jackets, as my mare loves to pull them out as far as she can then let go - boy does it hurt!!

 

[amandathepanda]

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Ive had to remove all the elastic toggles off one of my yard jackets, as my mare loves to pull them out as far as she can then let go - boy does it hurt!!


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Yep, my 2 year old loves doing this too! She also likes to sneak up behind me, grab a mouthful of my hair and pull... HARD! She thinks it funny seeing her mug of an owner swearing & in pain

 

[u04elw2]

Major is terrified of velcro. As soon as I open the straps on his boots he runs into a corner.

I always knew he was a bit weird

 

[Natch]

yep, cuffs especially (somehow my jacket's cuffs have (touch wood!!) survived 2 years even though its his fav thing, but I don't know how, the toggles, zip pullers and in one case the zip have all been pulled off and snapped, and the hood is completely ripped off. He's a vandal but I like to think of it as a lovable rogue!! He s**ts himself if he accidentally grabs skin, normally he's very swift and accurate!

Do any of yours' wave your arm around by the cuff too? I think part of his thing is the velcro, the rest is the "making me move like a puppet" thing which can go on for 10 mins without him letting go!!

 

[zoesophie]

tegoz_marianos yours isnt the only one. My boy is also scared of it. When we first got him we couldnt fasten the velcro on his rugs we just had to do the buckles. He has now got a bit better but kind of turns his head away if we say "velcro time Oscar" like hes bracing himself for it! hehe

 

[u04elw2]

Aww bless him!

Major is funny, he tries to knee you in the face everytime you put his boots on. And god help me if I undo the velcro down the front of my jacket! I think his travel boots are the worst - really strong velcro so really loud lol!

 

[merlins-mum]

YES!! we call it 'the velcro game'
You tape your jacket cuffs shut.. the horse takes the end delicately and rips them open... you tape them shut.....repeat until someone is bored.

I thought I was the only one!

 

[IsabelleJ]

Zips at my yard! They LOVE pulling at zips with toggles on the end, especially when they can get two zips in one mouthful!

All the geldings seem to do it, whether they go out together or not. Maybe it's something in the water?

Isabelle

 

[merlinsquest]

Zips for merlin too...... pulls hard enough to get the tab off usually!!! Or zips my scraggy neck into the workings!!!

 

[Taboo1968]

Zips fdor Odie!!! who will spend a good fifteen mins zipping my jacket up, then down, up, then down, up then down!! Strange creature!