[Ag-eq] Question about Feet

[Jody W Ianuzzi]

Hi Mella 

Wow that is hot. I would think it would cook the chickens!

JODY
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson

On Jul 28, 2013, at 3:38 PM, nfoster at extremezone.com wrote:

> 
> Hi Jody:
> 
> How are your horses doing?
> 
> What all have you trained them to do?
> 
> How are your chickens and garden?
> 
> I haven't ridden poor Cruiser in almost 2 months, it's just been so hot!  He may
> forget everything by the time I ride again!  I need to at least exercise him in
> the round pen; he's starting to get a little chubby.
> 
> I think my young pullets should start laying in a month or so; they are now in
> with the big girls and eating the laying pellets.  The goats are doing well,
> just laying around in the shade.  The milk goat is still giving almost a half
> gallon a day even though I've been milking her for almost 17 months.
> 
>  We've actually gotten some rain here, so the garden looks a little better. 
> The temps have also been a little lower, under 105.  During June we had several
> days that were over 115.  It reached 119 one day.  I've been day dreaming about
> snowy, cold places!
> 
> Nella
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Jody W Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
> 
>> Clinton Anderson would make her move her feet until she got tired and decided
>> it was better to stand still and have her hooves trimmed.
>> 
>> JODY
>> "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
>> 
>> On Jul 28, 2013, at 10:35 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Michelle.
>>> I don't know about horses, but I grind my dog's nails every Sunday.  He
>> gets a kibble for lying down to have it done, and another for each foot as
>> soon as I'm done with it.  He learned this very quickly, and is very good
>> about it.
>>> I suppose if you know clicker, you could click and treat, but I just treat.
>>> I gather that some clicker users click for very small parts of the task,
>> like click and treat for letting you pick up the foot, then again for
>> whatever the next step is.
>>> HTH.
>>> Tracy
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Creedy "
>> <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 11:51 PM
>>> Subject: [Ag-eq] Question about Feet
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hello All
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I have a question for you. What is your plan of action if you're cleaning
>>>> out the horse's back hooves and they either try to kick out all the time
>> or
>>>> they move in such a way that they have to put the foot down? I've tried
>>>> holding on to the foot, I've tried actually picking the foot up and
>>>> releasing it before the horse tries anything and I've also tried holding
>> the
>>>> foot at different angles in case what I'm doing is bothering her. She is a
>>>> mini and puts up a huge fight! Tonight I simply got help but really this
>> is
>>>> a task I can do just fine if she behaves. Heck, I've even tried a little
>>>> bribery! She's fine with the front now. Any thoughts? I tie her to the
>>>> hitching post while doing this but she's so tiny she can still get around.
>>>> It's very important for me to clean out the feet because they've been
>> having
>>>> some issues with thrush due to our wet spring.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Also, do any of you know where I can access some books about training like
>>>> in the round pen? Not bookshare because we don't have that here although
>>>> I've been hearing rumblings about that. Even just titles would be good
>>>> because I can get them scanned.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Michelle Creedy
>>>> 
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