Vices you put up with?

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Whose horse has a vice they put up with? In our barn we have two crib biters who don't wear collars since it gives them colic if they stop and I own a stable walker who we can't stop.
We don't mind these vices and two out of the three were sold with these vices. One was however sold as viceless
 
Derp, continue.
We were told my girl stable walked since she came over here and the other mare has also cribbed since a young foal. So whose got a vicey horse they don't mind?
 
My lad is a windsucker, doesn't crib on anything just wind sucks. He was sold to us as having the vice. Doesn't bother us, we use Coligone and that helps a lot. Fany we were told was dirty in her stable, boy they were not kidding. She makes her own slurry!

Only vice I would not tolerate is fence jumping, although my lad does open the gate and come in, but he does just take himself back to his stable and he does let you know he is not happy to be out.
FDC
 
Fence jumping is an absolute pain! We've got a massive hunter who jumps out of fields for fun, he then plays in the yard looking for people.
We also had someone who moved into our barn with a horse and hated cribbing so put up a wooden barrier so their horse couldn't see the cribbers. They then sold this horse and bought one that cribbed. Irony
 
fburton said:
Is pooing in water buckets considered a vice?
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Lol! My lad always manages to poo ontop of his stable wall - don't know how he manages it!!

As for vices, if the horse was good in every other way I don't think t would bother me but I've never had a horse with a vice before so if I did have one maybe it would be different....?
 
My mare is marish around food and having her rugs on but if i tie her up for her rugs to be changed she's fine and can't bite me! lol Being marish around food doesnt bother me either cuz i'd be the same and as she is top of the pecking order she can be funny towards other horses in her field when hay is put down! Just give them an extra pile to horses and she's fine! x
 
I used to have a horse on loan that was a crib biter, however he only did it in winter when there was a lack of grass. Never used a collar, and just put up with it. Didnt effect him in any other way.
 
My mare is really, really strong and tends to tank off when cantering. She also has a long opportunistic flexi-nose that can open almost anything. Our neighbour givers her an apple over his wicket gate in the morning. One day he was late and he saw her delicately lift the wicket off its hinges and drop it on the ground. She then stood on it. Otherwise she is a perfect girl and I can live with those two problems.
 
I'll put up with all stable vices really- I buy my horses to do a particular job and don't really care what habits and quirks they have when they aren't being ridden/ handled.
 
I may be wrong (and often are) :) , but most of these vices seem to be because the horse is stabled and not turned out. (That is the horse is bored). I am aware that you have a completely different environment/culture to contend with - so am not being critical at all. But do you think that the amount of time your horses spend stabled contributes to the vices and also lameness issues, or do you not agree on this at all.

I have never had a horses or seen a horse with these vices, weaving, cribbing, or wind sucking. I am aware of them because I grew up reading books about horses, and most of the time they were english books. I am not saying we do not get these vices here, but most horses here are on a large amount of turnout, and these vices are rare.
 
Ned is a fence jumper! He's not as bad since we found him a friend. His pen is big enough for two horses to be in at night (Turned out during the day) and he used to just fight with other horses or jump out. Since his friend has been with him, there's been no fighting and he has only jumped out when he could see his friend doing a show! Ironically, he fights with his friend when turned out sometimes :P I think that's just play fighting though.

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jeeve said:
I may be wrong (and often are) :) , but most of these vices seem to be because the horse is stabled and not turned out. (That is the horse is bored).
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My lad wind sucks in his stable and in the field. Most horses that do it ,do it because they have stomach issues, as my lad does. I think there is some truth in what you say, but also there can be other underlying problems such as gastric issues.
FDC
 
I can agree with you there Jeeve, however with regard to my box walking mare she is a retired competition pony so she hasn't ever had a lot of turn out so can get more upset when she's out for a long time. (she goes out 12.30 til 4.30) then after that she is waiting to come into and walks around the gate. She has a very set routine so we can't really help her box walking. I think now she's very relaxed and just does it out of habit. For example when she eats, she will take a mouthful of hay and walk round her stable then carry on eating whilst doing this sometimes. However we make sure she has a big stable for her size so she can walk around without being "boxed in"
 
Don't know If it's classed as a vice and it's probably pretty rare but Gem field walks. She walks the perimeter of her field in the mornings for about an hour and in the evenings. She also occasionally does laps of her field in canter for no reason. She has company all the time and ridiculous amounts of grass yet she still does it. Think it's her way of releasing the excitement when she knows we're coming down! Doesn't bother me and is the only vice she has (loves the stable and being kept in!) just creates a worn (in summer) or muddy (winter) track around field boundaries! Anyone else's horse do this? :-)
 
my boy bends his neck all the way round then naps the other way! I'm not putting up with it as such but I did know about it when I bought him,, correcting it slowly.

Re the water buckets, by 32 you would think Lottie would know by now that when you poop in your water, all you end up with is poop soup but she still does it occassionally!
 
My boy has an obcession with washing his feet..
Everytime his water is filled up either in the field or in a stable he goes round 3 of his legs dipping them in the water, he always misses his White leg and only does it in a fresh bucket.
People don't believe me until they see him and it is rather annoying as I have to wait around till hes done it to then fill it up again for the others
N&F
 
My girl weaves when she is stabled. When i first got her she would weave when tied up too but that was just down to the stress of moving and settling somewhere new.
Now she lives out with a shelter and she hasn't weaved once since starting this new routine in March. Not even at feed times she just stands and waits bless her It suits me as she and my Sec A live very happily together and it saves me time and money stabling her. I didn't realise she weaved when i tried her, her owner told me when she delivered her! but didn't put me off , she is the most perfect horse in every other way(although i did have to move yards as my previous YO wouldnt have a Weaver on the yard.....)
 
Knobberpony has many quirks,but her 'vice' I suppose would be her dislike of being stabled,but I knew this when I bought her.We did start to acclimatise her to being in and had got her to tolerate upwards of an hour or so.Then last week,I tacked her up,popped her in the stable with a haynet whilst I collected the girls from school,and got back to find she'd kicked a huge chunk out of the stable door and created so much noise that the neighbours had come over to see what was going on.I'd been gone 15 minutes.
 
Mine weaves now. Started whilst on box rest this spring. It's only very very mild though ( stops when tied up, never does it in the field and really doesn't bother as long as you stick to her routine. She used to box walk so in some respects the weaving is better, makes less mess :p

I hardly notice her really and can't blame her. What do you expect cooping up a 3yo who's used to being out. I brought it upon myself!
 
lcharles said:
My mare is marish around food and having her rugs on but if i tie her up for her rugs to be changed she's fine and can't bite me! lol Being marish around food doesnt bother me either cuz i'd be the same and as she is top of the pecking order she can be funny towards other horses in her field when hay is put down! Just give them an extra pile to horses and she's fine! x
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Sounds like you have my pony lol, but i dont mind her moody vice when having tack on or rugged up, she is boss in field to. But hey she is brilliant round my kids and doesnt put a foot wrong with them! So i will put up with it lol
 
jeeve said:
I may be wrong (and often are) :) , but most of these vices seem to be because the horse is stabled and not turned out. (That is the horse is bored).
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My boy will weave at the field gate (in a field full of grass to eat and keep him occupied) when he wants to come in. He weaves as a symptom of stress regardless of whether turned out or in his stable. He even occasionally weaves with me on board.

Personally I think vices are a sign of intellect. The clever, sensitive ones who think too much!! :D
 
Can't stand rearers, bolters, nappers, rug tearers, field jumpers, weavers, cribbers, head-shakers the un-catchables, anything that gets fizzy, silly or strong or needs riding more than once a month. Anything that's bad in traffic, kicks out at dogs, spooks, runs backwards, box-walkers or won't load.

anyone who has a horse without ANY of the above faults, please PM me. I have a cheque for £1,000,000,000 waiting! :p
 
my mare windsucks - on haynets and the leadrope when shes tied up! strange creature :)
i wasnt made aware of it when i bought her but i dont think it would of stopped me from getting her.
oh and she doesnt load which i guess is a vice isnt it! oopsies!! if i had know this, i prob would of thought twice about getting her, but wouldnt swap her for the world now. not that ive got much choice seeing as any potential buyer wouldnt be able to take her away hehe :)
 
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