I was bloody evil this evening

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and thoroughly enjoyed it
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. I have a horse on livery who I have named '5 B's' = big bay brainless bullying bstd. He merits his name but when confronted he is a coward as most bullies are. Anyway, he has the most awful annoying bloody habit of running his teeth up and down on the wood by the side of his top door.Apart from ruining the wood it turns my blood cold listening to him. Ive honestly tried everything from chili sauce, cribox etc-nothing worked
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. This evening I was so pzd off listening to his trrrum, trrrrruuuuuuuuuumm up and down MY stable that
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I wired it up
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. I ran some tape across where he 'trum trums' and linked it up to the electric fence battery which runs off the mains
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Sad to say I wasnt there to see the result but I heard it quite clearly! He is being an incredibly 'good boy' at the mo and as a prize, the current has been turned off-if needed, it can always be turned on again
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Im not cruel by nature but could not stand hearing my stable being trashed by this lump of lard brain.
I will be working on his other bad habit too-he kicks the walls between 'trum trum'.
Any advice for me? Mairi.
 
I have to say I think what you did is honestly appalling. Electric tape is for safety, ie. keeping horses in the field - not for 'punishing' a horse. I think you should speak to his owner about sorting out a sensible solution, as MQ said he is obviously unhappy. I'm sure that if you told his owner what you did she wouldn't want to be at your yard much longer, I certainly wouldn't trust you with my horse.
I know you're being light hearted about it but people like you need to be brought down a peg or two, this is cruelty. My advice for you would be to read up on horse behaviour so you aren't so ignorant in the future.
 
I suppose people electrify wooden fence posts...
but in such a small space? and straight off the mains, not for one strand i take it?

Did you run it by the owner first?
 
I can not believe that someone would do something so downright disgusting and evil to a horse and then come on a public forum to gloat.

FYI mairi, my friend, senior inspector for World Horse Welfare was very interested to hear about your problem solving methods.

And to the poster who said she'd pay to watch, you're just a bad. Neither of you deserve to be allowed to keep horses, in my opinion.
 
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And to the poster who said she'd pay to watch, you're just a bad. Neither of you deserve to be allowed to keep horses, in my opinion.

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That was said tongue in cheek hence the
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, I can honestly say that i'm not the sort who actually goes around doing that, so sorry if you got the wrong idea love
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Sorry Mairi I normally like your posts but I have to agree with a couple of the others on here, what you did sounds truly awful. That horse Presumably had an electric current through its MOUTH. No horse deserves that, and I doubt very much he was doing it to be naughty, more because he doesn't cope with his living conditions for whatever reason.

I hope you told his owners what you did - after all you're pleased with yourself, right? So no harm in telling them because you're not ashamed... right? I wonder if they will see it that way.

And I hope somebody checked that horse over thoroughly after the event. Electric shock injuries can cause tissue to swell, burst and bleed proffusely hours after the event. Nice.
 
lol.... what are you like

Having said that, this isn't the first time I have heard of this and it won't be the last and the horses that have heard about have had no ill effects.... At least it wasn't the mains like one horse I did hear about.

Does sound like this lad is more of an outdoor type though
 
Actually I think in the original post, it was off the mains.

I also do not agree with what you did. One of my horses cribs and yes it is annoying and he does damage doors but I would never do anything like that to him. I try to make sure he has lots of hay and as much turnout as possible. If he damages something I pay to replace it. That's the thing about stables - they do get damaged.

He is sounds as though he not exactly thrilled that he is being stabled. Have you thought about putting some plastic drain pipe on the top of the door so he can play on that rather than your precious wood?

And as for the door kicking, I would be more concerned about the damage he was doing to his joints, rather than your door. As a solution I would consider putting some rubber matting on the door to muffle the sound for your benefit and give his joints some protection for his benefit. You could also use some old carpet or foam etc.
 
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Actually I think in the original post, it was off the mains.

I also do not agree with what you did. One of my horses cribs and yes it is annoying and he does damage doors but I would never do anything like that to him. I try to make sure he has lots of hay and as much turnout as possible. If he damages something I pay to replace it. That's the thing about stables - they do get damaged.

He is sounds as though he not exactly thrilled that he is being stabled. Have you thought about putting some plastic drain pipe on the top of the door so he can play on that rather than your precious wood?

And as for the door kicking, I would be more concerned about the damage he was doing to his joints, rather than your door. As a solution I would consider putting some rubber matting on the door to muffle the sound for your benefit and give his joints some protection for his benefit. You could also use some old carpet or foam etc.

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it was only a matter of time...
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.......i agree with the method though, if he HAS to be stabled then tough on him...realistically, i wouldnt want to keep paying for new wood, and fair play the noise is probably annoying..so all he has to do is keep a way from the wire..even though they do have small brains, i think he would gather that much.
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along with some fun toys and small ringed haynets to keep him occupied...plus a good view
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You said it - not much else anyone can add to that statement! Poor horse in your "care" and I do use the word loosely.
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I can understand you doing this Mairi; it is fairly common procedure over in my country as a method to stop horses picking up undesirable traits. I have a horse at my yard who crib bites and owner asked if I would put up some electric tape over where the horse bites, however I don't need to as I have thick metal covering the doors. I did cribbox it also aswell as the whole stable though as the owner does NOT want the horse to crib bite. Horse hasn't tried to do this since arriving though as she is outside from first thing in the morning till last thing at night.

The horse does not need to bite the side of Mairi's stable - it has a choice
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. It's quite simple really, if the horse does not bite the wood it doesn't get a shock; if it does bite then it does get a shock. I very much doubt the horse is stupid enough to continue doing this and no doubt the electric won't be needed.
 
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FYI mairi, my friend, senior inspector for World Horse Welfare was very interested to hear about your problem solving methods.

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Oh please! What a great response. While you're at it, can you send them over to North America too as there are some things which they may be very interested in seeing here too. Oh no, silly me, as far as I am aware, the ILPH do not have jurisdiction in other countries as they are a British charity.
 
Buckyboy, tell me now,

is there a difference between wiring a door to stop a horse chewing wood and wiring the top of a wooden post and rail fence for just the same reason? Putting wire along the top of fence lines is common practice, acceptable even in the UK I believe.

As Tia said, the horse HAS A CHOICE. Isn't giving a horse a choice the basis of all the training we do with them? Do it this way and you get a rest, a stretch, a treat etc. Do it your way and you'll repeat the exercise, get a shock, corrected etc.
 
PMSL......that'll hopefully give the bastard a learning.....


there are far too many sensitive types on here lately........
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PMSL......that'll hopefully give the bastard a learning.....


there are far too many sensitive types on here lately........
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funnily enough-he dont do it no more!
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lmfao..He's learnt his lesson then.

Job well done!

As if some daft tarts thought you were running full mains through him.. do they honestly think he'd still be here! FFS

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you see, ppl use mustard on cribbers.. but come on, that stinging sensation stays in the mouth for a good period of time.. least the shock is gone straight away..

Some of theses soft of heart people do my head in!

Lou x
 
My farrier is from Slovakia, he told me that at home they deal with crib biting horses in this way. I was more comfortable using Cribbox and maximising turnout, but if I hadn't had generous turnout available......
 
Imo people are being way too sensitive about this.

He probably wouldn't be doing his teeth any good and as he ages I'd think it may cause a few problems!

I'm glad to hear he does it no more, and I hope that people realise that perhaps this isn't such a big deal when you compare it to acts of cruelty.
 
Haha, Mairi, have to say I PMSL!
I had never thought of that, and one of the ponies I looked after over the summer had the most terrble habbit of crib biting. It did my head in. Wish I had though of it!
 
Thankgoodness there are still some sensible horse peeps around
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. What would the neds do without you? Im off now to bang some nails in through his wall where he likes to bang his right fore
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. Any takers? Mairi.
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