Staying away from home with a horse that cribs

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henryx

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I have just got a new horse, which unfortunately cribs. I would like to do some long hacks with maybe staying on route at horse friendly B&B’s or riding holidays.

I was wondering if anyone had, had any problems with staying away with horses with vices and is it something that should be mentioned at the time of enquiry?

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Take Cribbox with you. Let the people know first and they might have a electric fenced field to put him in instead. Take licks etc.... to try and prevent the cribbing as much as possible.
 
Some people do not like cribbing so yes, I would mention it at the time of inquiry. If the horse does not damage the stable or paddock fencing when cribbing that may be worth mentioning too, in case they are concerned about that.
 
_CJ_ said:
Some people do not like cribbing so yes, I would mention it at the time of inquiry. If the horse does not damage the stable or paddock fencing when cribbing that may be worth mentioning too, in case they are concerned about that.
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as above and also get yourself some drain pipe that you can take with you to protect the top of stable doors with. (which will allow you to say that you travel prepared!)
 
You may find that your horses cribs less or stops altogether in a strange place. When we do studies with cribbers they have a 2 week settling in period to allow the effect of a novel environment to wear off.
 
As a provider of B&B for horse and rider I would not have a problem with a guest bringing a horse that cribbed as long as they told me beforehand. What really winds me up is when people don't mention it until their horse is chewing great lumps out of my lovely post and rail fencing and the owners say "he always does that"!

If I am warned beforehand I can put up a strand of electric fencing around the fields and it is not a problem.
 
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