I have a new 4 year old who’s been driven and had horrible spikes on his hooves to pick his feet up better when driven , I rescued him and he will not let me pick his front feet up , he has no shoes on but I desperately need to pick his feet up to give them a clean as I don’t want him getting thrush or worse he strikes every time I try to pick them up and I try for hours and in the end he gets angry , I really don’t know what to do , any ideas ?
I recently rescued a horse who has the same problems. I’ve been taking baby steps. First getting him to trust me petting him on his legs without running away. If he is resisting a lot you can use a lead rope to pull his feet up instead of your hands until he isn’t resisting as much. Never ask for too much at first. Just having him lift for a second is progress so don’t hold it for too long in the beginning, if he learns he can pull away from you you’ll just have more problems.
@@animejade7789 hi thanks for your reply bit he is fine picking up his feet up now he’s done that well he picks hi back legs up waiting for me when I’m finishing the front ones bless him x
I have a 10 yr old? rescue horse who when you try to pick up front legs he goes back in a panic. i have no idea what happened to him before. he might not even be 10. he's a neglect rescue and I know for sure his hooves haven't been touched in at least a year probably more. any ideas?
I'm about 5 years late to help unless others read comments here years later, but I'm working with an 18 year old who's forgotten how to pick up feet and has no interest in playing along. I've owned him all his life - he's out of my own mare, and has worn his feet well developing the feet of a mustang. Absolutely no history of abuse or mishandling, but I have to own the fact that not handling his feet after early training is 100% my fault. It's a little exasperating because he was weaned and trained with a filly throughout the same period, and when she needed a trim after our wet winter on soft ground, her refresher was done in something under 15 minutes, and in perhaps a half hour on the second day she was good with a hoof stand. I've done the baby steps, positive reinforcement, he can lead by any foot, can hobble, doesn't panic at all, but forcefully takes back a foot after a couple of seconds like he's on a timer. I have weeks invested of working on this in a couple of sessions a day, so it's not for a lack of trying. I hate to sour him, but it's time to move on. I'll be tying his feet up, basically slinging them with a rope over the withers for the fronts, and over the hip for the hinds. And now that I'm older with 5 less active senior horses not wearing their feet as they once did, I'm probably going to build shoeing stocks to save my back and be more regular instead of apprehensive which causes me to procrastinate. For a horse that panics, the mildest sedation you can get away with might be helpful to get started. It doesn't have to be a prescribed, vet administered product. I've had mixed results with a natural product called Quietex II, but some people swear by it to at least take the edge off for anxious horses.
I have a new 4 year old who’s been driven and had horrible spikes on his hooves to pick his feet up better when driven , I rescued him and he will not let me pick his front feet up , he has no shoes on but I desperately need to pick his feet up to give them a clean as I don’t want him getting thrush or worse he strikes every time I try to pick them up and I try for hours and in the end he gets angry , I really don’t know what to do , any ideas ?
I recently rescued a horse who has the same problems. I’ve been taking baby steps. First getting him to trust me petting him on his legs without running away. If he is resisting a lot you can use a lead rope to pull his feet up instead of your hands until he isn’t resisting as much. Never ask for too much at first. Just having him lift for a second is progress so don’t hold it for too long in the beginning, if he learns he can pull away from you you’ll just have more problems.
@@animejade7789 hi thanks for your reply bit he is fine picking up his feet up now he’s done that well he picks hi back legs up waiting for me when I’m finishing the front ones bless him x
Love this video
Thank you
Thanks ,Ian, very helpful.
can you please do back legs?
I have a 10 yr old? rescue horse who when you try to pick up front legs he goes back in a panic. i have no idea what happened to him before. he might not even be 10. he's a neglect rescue and I know for sure his hooves haven't been touched in at least a year probably more. any ideas?
Baby steps
I'm about 5 years late to help unless others read comments here years later, but I'm working with an 18 year old who's forgotten how to pick up feet and has no interest in playing along. I've owned him all his life - he's out of my own mare, and has worn his feet well developing the feet of a mustang. Absolutely no history of abuse or mishandling, but I have to own the fact that not handling his feet after early training is 100% my fault. It's a little exasperating because he was weaned and trained with a filly throughout the same period, and when she needed a trim after our wet winter on soft ground, her refresher was done in something under 15 minutes, and in perhaps a half hour on the second day she was good with a hoof stand. I've done the baby steps, positive reinforcement, he can lead by any foot, can hobble, doesn't panic at all, but forcefully takes back a foot after a couple of seconds like he's on a timer. I have weeks invested of working on this in a couple of sessions a day, so it's not for a lack of trying. I hate to sour him, but it's time to move on. I'll be tying his feet up, basically slinging them with a rope over the withers for the fronts, and over the hip for the hinds. And now that I'm older with 5 less active senior horses not wearing their feet as they once did, I'm probably going to build shoeing stocks to save my back and be more regular instead of apprehensive which causes me to procrastinate.
For a horse that panics, the mildest sedation you can get away with might be helpful to get started. It doesn't have to be a prescribed, vet administered product. I've had mixed results with a natural product called Quietex II, but some people swear by it to at least take the edge off for anxious horses.