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[Bruce]

Horse playground.

 

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Everyone came to see what was happening.

Then Kasia fell asleep while the clippers ran. She even got a dream in!

 

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It happened again!

Finished bringing toes back & treating for thrush, then decided to practice yielding hindquarters before letting her go.

Lifting feet for picking out, no problem.

Left side? Zero issues, light n easy.

Right side?

She wrings her tail, pins ears, then if I ignore her, head swings around & leg comes up into the air.

I'm hardly touching her with the hoof pick, or even my fingers, over the hip. Technically it's the broadside of the thigh. I tried different spots with the same results.

She was fine before, before that one day she kicked out at me. So, I'm not sure what the issue is. First guesses would be she was kicked or somehow injured and she's still not over it.

I wonder what else could be the cause...

I had brushed her before starting & she didn't mind the metal comb over the hip.

 

[Bruce]

Does sound like it is pretty tender there. I guess you were able to lift that leg before? Maybe she did get kicked by one of the other horses.

 

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Does sound like it is pretty tender there. I guess you were able to lift that leg before? Maybe she did get kicked by one of the other horses.

Was able to pick out that leg & brush that hip, but tapping it to get her to move over was that no-no. =/

 

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Oh. Come. On!

I set up my phone to record her reactions, so that I can use it when I ask about it.

*SIGH*

Nothing!

She did it fine!
A little slow, but otherwise zero reaction!

So annoying how they like to make me look like a liar!

My dog did the same on shearing day. Told DH that they like to eat the poopy wool, so I tossed him(the dog) some and he walked away!
But today, I got it on video! W/o the dog noticing it.


Anyway, you can see how apprehensive I am in the linked video below.

So, I'm not sure what it was about...

 

[Bruce]

I see you are wearing traditional pasture footwear

Guess she just did want to make a liar out of you. Or maybe whatever was bothering her has improved enough.

 

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Lunged all 5 ponies together!
Maybe 10min in all, yard isn't a neat square, so it was chaos for a bit.
Dunie knew what I wanted. He's almost always a good boy.
Phoenix had his head in the clouds when he wasn't gnawing on Dune's butt.
Kasia was slow to get with the program, but I had to call her name a few times then the command for her to understand.
Slodka took a bit of time to remember when to stop, also called on her individually for it.
I don't understand people who say horses do not respond to verbal communication. They must be doing it wrong.
Phoenix only stopped when he would run into Dune, heh. He's such a pain.
And Flugi was all over the place. She eventually figured out when I wanted her to stop, but not before getting after her arse for being a .
Managed to end on a good note with everyone and Flugi stepped in when asked(by accident).
In conclusion... Phoenix needs individual work, so does Flugi, especially for stops. Phoenix also needs to sit out of herd lunging for a bit. And I need to re-enclose the yard or use the round pen the next time I want to do herd lunging.

 

[Bruce]

That would be an interesting video.

 

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