Not my horse but my friends. We have tried everything we can think of and we are getting nowhere. Pony is a very genuine 5yo. There are somethings she is not great with and her go to is to barge forward and push you out of the way. In other ways she is a saint. Very straightforward and easy. They have had her for 15months now. They are very kind people and have never given the horse cause to worry or raised a voice to her. Perhaps a little too nice as they don’t have the quickness to remind her she is not allowed to barge through people.
Problem is she will not have her feet trimmed by the farrier. She needs iv sedation. Last time she was sedated for teeth and needed topped up for her feet to be trimmed. They have tried every available farrier. Women and men. The farrier is incredibly calm and patient. We did manage with a whacking dose of dormosedan the time before. Luckily she is ok without shoes and she does enough work that her feet can go for 10 weeks or so.
In her stable or outside makes no difference. On the yard or the school no different. Her stable is beside where horses are shod and she has been left alone on her stable numerous times to watch. Owners can pick up feet and gently rasp with an old rasp without an issue. Other people can pick up her feet with no issues. We have tried leaving a towel beside the farrier with the smoke etc and leaving it in her stable so she smells it. We have tried treats/licks/fruit as bribery. I can hold her from barging forwards which allowed us to manage with dormosedan but her owners can’t stop the barging mostly.
She is incredibly sweet. Can be led around by a 7yo child but add a farrier and all reasoning goes. We had thought it was just a case of time and consistent handling but she is literally no better. They got her at 4yo without shoes in. As sure as we can be she has never had them on. This may well be because she has been too difficult but she is also a native and probably not broken long before they got her and never needed them.
Vet has checked her over incase it is something to do with farrier causing pain and couldn’t find anything but not had a full work up. She is fine to pick up and out feet day to day.
Have we missed something obvious?
Problem is she will not have her feet trimmed by the farrier. She needs iv sedation. Last time she was sedated for teeth and needed topped up for her feet to be trimmed. They have tried every available farrier. Women and men. The farrier is incredibly calm and patient. We did manage with a whacking dose of dormosedan the time before. Luckily she is ok without shoes and she does enough work that her feet can go for 10 weeks or so.
In her stable or outside makes no difference. On the yard or the school no different. Her stable is beside where horses are shod and she has been left alone on her stable numerous times to watch. Owners can pick up feet and gently rasp with an old rasp without an issue. Other people can pick up her feet with no issues. We have tried leaving a towel beside the farrier with the smoke etc and leaving it in her stable so she smells it. We have tried treats/licks/fruit as bribery. I can hold her from barging forwards which allowed us to manage with dormosedan but her owners can’t stop the barging mostly.
She is incredibly sweet. Can be led around by a 7yo child but add a farrier and all reasoning goes. We had thought it was just a case of time and consistent handling but she is literally no better. They got her at 4yo without shoes in. As sure as we can be she has never had them on. This may well be because she has been too difficult but she is also a native and probably not broken long before they got her and never needed them.
Vet has checked her over incase it is something to do with farrier causing pain and couldn’t find anything but not had a full work up. She is fine to pick up and out feet day to day.
Have we missed something obvious?