RunToEarth
Well-Known Member
Apparently the wind sucker is the one that creates most noise, the cribber is more likely to take in air without making noise.
I don't have access to showing you studies- I am at the Royal Ag college, I don't syudy equine but am fortunate in that I have access to a lot of the equine lectures with outside speakers- I usually sit in on ones that interest me as obviously I have a personal interest in equine. I sat in on a talk from vets of Liverpool vetenary unit equine dept, who had undertaken studies in polo ponies, and stud yards, which concluded that younger horses picked up and mirrored the actions of crib biters, wind suckers and motion problems such as box walking and weaving. Although it is usually young horses that pick up on the vices, it causes problems as they often do this misguided and are not cribbing for any actual reason.
I personally couldn't deal with a horse that had a proper vice, it would drive me mad. My coloured chap weaves when he has had his breakfast and wants to go out in the field, which I can generally avoid by getting up early and chucking him in the field. I wouldn't have my horse at a yard where there were cribbers/wind suckers because I wouldn't risk him picking it up, and for that reason YOs are wary.
I don't have access to showing you studies- I am at the Royal Ag college, I don't syudy equine but am fortunate in that I have access to a lot of the equine lectures with outside speakers- I usually sit in on ones that interest me as obviously I have a personal interest in equine. I sat in on a talk from vets of Liverpool vetenary unit equine dept, who had undertaken studies in polo ponies, and stud yards, which concluded that younger horses picked up and mirrored the actions of crib biters, wind suckers and motion problems such as box walking and weaving. Although it is usually young horses that pick up on the vices, it causes problems as they often do this misguided and are not cribbing for any actual reason.
I personally couldn't deal with a horse that had a proper vice, it would drive me mad. My coloured chap weaves when he has had his breakfast and wants to go out in the field, which I can generally avoid by getting up early and chucking him in the field. I wouldn't have my horse at a yard where there were cribbers/wind suckers because I wouldn't risk him picking it up, and for that reason YOs are wary.