Kelly1982
Well-Known Member
I need to know if anyone can help me with a little problem i have tacking up my horse.
She has warts in her ears and is very funny about you touching one ear in particular although she has got a lot better. She used to shy away when you touched it but now she lets me touch it to a degree and groom around it etc.
HOWEVER . . . . . i do have a job tacking her up which doesn't seem to have improved. I can get the bridle over one ear fine but when it comes to the bad ear she shakes her head violently and has hit me in the face a few times and i have also dropped the bridle on a number of occasions as well. Once its on she is fine.
I am going to try doing her bad ear first tonight to see if this help (even though it will be sligtly awkward) but has anyone got any other suggestions or do you think its just a time thing??
I have thought about an elevator bridle as they have cut backs where the ears go but they are quite expensive and i'm not sure it will work anyway as its the getting it over her ears that she stresses about.
Its probably just gonna take time for her to trust me etc but just wondered if anyone had any suggestions to make it a bit less stressful for her.
She has warts in her ears and is very funny about you touching one ear in particular although she has got a lot better. She used to shy away when you touched it but now she lets me touch it to a degree and groom around it etc.
HOWEVER . . . . . i do have a job tacking her up which doesn't seem to have improved. I can get the bridle over one ear fine but when it comes to the bad ear she shakes her head violently and has hit me in the face a few times and i have also dropped the bridle on a number of occasions as well. Once its on she is fine.
I am going to try doing her bad ear first tonight to see if this help (even though it will be sligtly awkward) but has anyone got any other suggestions or do you think its just a time thing??
I have thought about an elevator bridle as they have cut backs where the ears go but they are quite expensive and i'm not sure it will work anyway as its the getting it over her ears that she stresses about.
Its probably just gonna take time for her to trust me etc but just wondered if anyone had any suggestions to make it a bit less stressful for her.