studding up difficult/excited horses ??

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any advice?
my mare isnt the most patient when you are farting about with her feet. ive never studded her before but i think it wont be long before i need to for hunting, xc & HTrials...problem is she is a total arse at shows she gets so excited and gets herself in a right old flap (after hunting this w/end she stood on both my feet, pawed the ground and subsequently kicked me in the ankle, and kicked out when trying to get her travel boots on!!)
so as you can imagine im not thrilled with the idea of trying to gets studs out before i box her up
 
It's much harder for them to p1ss about on 3 legs than four
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Just be careful, and firm with her. Depending on the sort of studs you're using could you perhaps put them in before you get there ?
 
Do the preparation work at home before you travel her, cleaning the holes etc and make sure the stud will screw in OK. She should get better about it with time, mine just stands there with his foot in my lap while I sit on a bucket, for the back feet he rests the hoof and I do it sat on my knees.
 
We have only recently started studding, what works for us is to put all the items we need, studs, tap, spanner etc into a washing up bowl (bright coloured one). At home either the night before or early morning remove rubbers, retap holes, stuff with cottonwool soaked in hoof oil.

When we get there, put the washing up bowl on ground beside us, using a nail (horse shoe nail) pick out cottonwool, put stud in repeat for all feet. Use the bowl so we can chuck studs without fiddling with stud box and you can see everything. This is fairly new to us so would be interested in other tips.
 
I learnt a very useful tip from a professional eventer I used to work for: I prepare the holes and put 'blank' studs in the night before.

They are totally flat, so OK for wearing in the stable/field/travelling etc. Quite hard to come by, can't remember where I got them from, probably the internet.

Then, when I get there, it's a 2min job to unscrew the blanks and screw in the proper stud.

As for taking them out at the end of the day, there's not much else you can do to make that job easier! It doesn't take long to unscrew them, but then you have to get your cotton wool in!

Not sure what to suggest, but as someone else said, she'll find it hard to mess about that much on three legs!
 
You get these 'blanks' in with many stud kits....must say I found them a bit of a pain to put in though as there's nothing to hold onto so they have to just go in with the allen key they are provided with.
 
To be honest, I have a horse who can be a nutcase on arrival. I dont actually use studs on him! He doesnt even have shoes on!! I couldnt imagine putting studs in him, especially as he very occassionally kicks if horses get too close so the damage would be awful!
 
I always clean out, screw and plug before I go, my lad is like a jumping jack when we get there, and then I stud up in the waggon, I have had my times skipping about with horses foot whilst they skirt around the side of the box, I live and learn, there's only so many places he can go in the waggon
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Just be careful, and firm with her. Depending on the sort of studs you're using could you perhaps put them in before you get there ?

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i didnt think you could use any type of studs when travelling ?? confused.com !
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Well, if you have a soft rubber floor, I don't imagine small road studs would cause a major problem....Certainly wouldn't want anything too big in
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