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First I will give you some background information. The first thing that you need to know is that my horse is obsessed with food
She was at a barn in a lesson program and she went out in an overcrowded field where they had to fight for their food. At one point they were even fed their grain under the fence, with all the horses fighting for their bit. They changed that, thankfully, and now i bought her and have her at a different barn.
There is a problem that I have with her now that is, I think, from that situation she used to be in. She is so obsessed with food that when I have her on the cross ties and I am grooming her she will just shake her head up and down. She has been doing this for a long time and I used to hit her when she did it but I would never hit her anymore. (and not to hurt her just to shock her into stopping, I would never ever hurt her or hit her hard) That was before I really learned about how to deal with them. Now I am working with her and a parelli program. Anyway nothing seemed to work I would yell, I would try doing nothing, ect but she didn't seem to care. Now I just try and ignore it. She has gotten alot better at this new barn but sometimes, especially when I take her out to groom her and the other horses are in their stalls eating hay or something then she gets really annoying about shaking her head because she wants to be eating like everyone else. I didnt know if anyone knew how to get her to stop because I have exaused everything I can think to stop her. Oh also I don't give her treat anymore because she can not handle having them. She gets too greedy and gets even more annoying shaking her head. Thanks so much!
There is a problem that I have with her now that is, I think, from that situation she used to be in. She is so obsessed with food that when I have her on the cross ties and I am grooming her she will just shake her head up and down. She has been doing this for a long time and I used to hit her when she did it but I would never hit her anymore. (and not to hurt her just to shock her into stopping, I would never ever hurt her or hit her hard) That was before I really learned about how to deal with them. Now I am working with her and a parelli program. Anyway nothing seemed to work I would yell, I would try doing nothing, ect but she didn't seem to care. Now I just try and ignore it. She has gotten alot better at this new barn but sometimes, especially when I take her out to groom her and the other horses are in their stalls eating hay or something then she gets really annoying about shaking her head because she wants to be eating like everyone else. I didnt know if anyone knew how to get her to stop because I have exaused everything I can think to stop her. Oh also I don't give her treat anymore because she can not handle having them. She gets too greedy and gets even more annoying shaking her head. Thanks so much!