Old fashioned horsey tips/tricks

I don't use it but a particularly bonkers one I was taught was cracking an egg on top of a horse's head when they rear.

One I have used is baler twine can be used for literally everything - even grass reins I saw once.
Similarly a stirrup leather around the neck acts as a neck strap.
Also 'If in doubt - kick'.
 
Cracking an egg on a rearer only makes a mess ? a swift tug/twist of the ear and a slap on the other side of the face can occasionally make a hysterical one go back to 4 feet on the floor.

Rushing a horse around in trot can sometimes clear choke more quickly, interspersed with brisk throat massage.

Yes to baler twine... I keep a couple of hanks looped over corners of top field fences 'just in case'. Has saved me going down to yard to get some to do a temp rail repair, to tie up dog, etc.

Never throw away anything, it might come in useful another day
- like broken bottoms of electric fence posts for example.... one of my horsebox window catches has popped, it stays up but wont stay part open (when I was camping in it) so used the bottom of a stake to wedge in it.
- empty haylage sacks, sliced carefully they make ideal holders for 1 or 2 sections of hay to cart out in the winter, also a section can be soaked in a sack.

Old detached neck covers come in useful to warm up tiny ponies when sodden.

Kaolin poultice (tho a blooming drag to do) still gives me better results than animalintex on occasions.
 
Trailer or lorry ride to clear colic. Baler twine as water scraper on legs. Hoof pick to loosen tight buckles on bridles stirrup bars. Udder cream on nether regions(horse) for fly protection. Stand in river or sea to hydrate hooves during dry weather.
 
Not sure how old this is, but I was taught always to put wormers etc in the fridge overnight to reduce scent/taste.

Also was taught to cover the eye on your side of the head so they can't see the wormer syringe coming. And then, if so far unsquashed, hold their head up & stroke their throat so they swallow & can't spit it out.
 
Cracking an egg on a rearer only makes a mess ? a swift tug/twist of the ear and a slap on the other side of the face can occasionally make a hysterical one go back to 4 feet on the floor.
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A wip wop is a better thing to use for rearers. Its a soft rope with a feathered end, so won't hurt a horse but if you can use it on its belly when a horse rears the idea is that the horse won't rear again. It goes back thousands of years to when wild boars brought down horses by using their tusks on their bellies to expose their guts, the horse would quickly die. Richard Maxwell is an avid supporter. Its also used to encourage your horse forwards and its more forgiving than a whip.
 
A wip wop is a better thing to use for rearers. Its a soft rope with a feathered end, so won't hurt a horse but if you can use it on its belly when a horse rears the idea is that the horse won't rear again. It goes back thousands of years to when wild boars brought down horses by using their tusks on their bellies to expose their guts, the horse would quickly die. Richard Maxwell is an avid supporter. Its also used to encourage your horse forwards and its more forgiving than a whip.
Having made a living at one point in dealing exactly with this problem, I type from 1st hand multiple experience.
 
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