Letslip
Well-Known Member
Wondering if anyone has ever experienced the below or have any thoughts. Sorry may be a bit long.
Recently my horse has stopped picking her feet up for me when I go to pick her feet out. She leans all her weight on the foot I am asking for and refuses point blank to pick up. As I am not one to give in I have been known to spend a goodly time trying to do her feet, bit of a pain if in a rush! However when I 'attack' her with the hoof oil brush have never seen her feet come off the groud so fast, think she must have tickly toes!!! Because of this reaction I had been tickling her feet with the brush from the hoof pick, catching her leg as it came up and then picking out her feet. Once I have hold of them she is fine! However I think she has now caught on to my technique and so no matter how much tickling with the hoof pick brush she won't pick up, yet still does with hoof oil brush.
She does have some issues with her hindquarters so know that it is not the most comfy for her to pick them up, but always make sure to hold her hind legs low to reduce any discomfort. She is regularly seen by the physio so know that there is no problem with her front end, and in fact her hind quarters should really not be causing her that many problems now. So at a bit of a loss as to why she is doing this apart from being a naughty munckin!!!
Has anyone else had this happen to them? Or if anyone has any ideas on how I can get her to pick her feet up again without all this palava would be very grateful.
Recently my horse has stopped picking her feet up for me when I go to pick her feet out. She leans all her weight on the foot I am asking for and refuses point blank to pick up. As I am not one to give in I have been known to spend a goodly time trying to do her feet, bit of a pain if in a rush! However when I 'attack' her with the hoof oil brush have never seen her feet come off the groud so fast, think she must have tickly toes!!! Because of this reaction I had been tickling her feet with the brush from the hoof pick, catching her leg as it came up and then picking out her feet. Once I have hold of them she is fine! However I think she has now caught on to my technique and so no matter how much tickling with the hoof pick brush she won't pick up, yet still does with hoof oil brush.
She does have some issues with her hindquarters so know that it is not the most comfy for her to pick them up, but always make sure to hold her hind legs low to reduce any discomfort. She is regularly seen by the physio so know that there is no problem with her front end, and in fact her hind quarters should really not be causing her that many problems now. So at a bit of a loss as to why she is doing this apart from being a naughty munckin!!!
Has anyone else had this happen to them? Or if anyone has any ideas on how I can get her to pick her feet up again without all this palava would be very grateful.