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You know where you can shove your parelli dont you
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Is there something wrong with parelli????










LMAO!!
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Almost 20 yrs ago I bought a totally wild hackney yearling - wow what an eye opener! She'd never been handled or taken feed from a bucket. If you so much as discreetly reached out to her she'd keep running backwards & jumped a barbed wire fence once to get away from me(!) Was delivered into a 2 acre paddock wearing a head-collar where she'd been pinned down in the trailer once being herded into it & had some guys wrestle her into submission.

After realising the limitations of rehab training in an open field, I got a lot of help from a brilliant & very experienced senior horsewoman. We sedated the mare (orally through a feed), moved her to friends farm, stabled her for 3 weeks (top door shut at first) then did all the book reading & ignoring her thing 'til she befriended us.

Put hours & hours into her but won her over & have never known such a loyal, genuine & grateful horse. GOOD LUCK with your little challenge!
 
Sorry your post did make me giggle!
The only sure way is an old fashioned method which would be frowned upon nowadays and must be used under strict conditions.
You need to fence the paddock with high fencing, at least 4' 6". If necessary make a double fence six feet apart.
Fasten a long rope to her headcollar and leave it on.
You then step on the rope whenever you wish to catch her, reward with feed and fuss then let her go.
To break the habit you need to spend several hours at a time until she is totally unplussed by being caught.
It goes without saying no other pony in the field and it's an adult only situation.
I think unfortunately what you've done up to now is teach her how to not be caught, chasing with a quad bike etc rarely works, the other way is use a live electric fence holding your end on a plastic fencing post so you don't get stung.
Fasten it to one corner and walk her into it, then using a corner make a pen out of a triangle with the fence and youself.. You may have to zap her a couple of times to make her respect the tape but she can't jump it if you lift it up and move it about. I have to catch Little Charlie like this sometimes, although he's 34 he can shift like the wind and turn on a sixpence being a mini shetland.
I feel your frustration, but think of me, our lot often roam over 80 acres at a time, imagine catching one of them.....!
 
I'd be worried about her getting caught up on a leadrope though
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and I'd have to catch her first to put her on the leadrope
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Mrs M what is this cage you speak of
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Thanks for the good luck vibes, she WILL be caught tomorrow, I have the vet coming on Tuesday..........famous last words eh
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