tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1097335742323121231.post6527606189699691935..comments2023-10-05T09:16:40.934-06:00Comments on The Barb Wire: The Deworming DanceTamara Baysingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15370706745665035429noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1097335742323121231.post-49357279455884423652008-11-12T18:33:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:33:00.000-07:00I've had a similar problem with Mimi for years...s...I've had a similar problem with Mimi for years...she fiercely objects to anything nasty being syringed into her mouth. It took a lot of time with honey or molasses-dipped syringes, and cinnamon applesauce before she's accept a syringe around her mouth. <BR/><BR/>The "hard work or easy acceptance" didn't go over with her so well on this issue. It's worked for me on so many other things over the years, but this is one area where she is stubborn, and scared, probably from a very early on long round of oral medications. So we compromise, and she gets her applesauce syringe after worming.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720090581233703530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1097335742323121231.post-22961971564442106302008-11-12T11:37:00.000-07:002008-11-12T11:37:00.000-07:00JB had a similar issue but his was more related to...JB had a similar issue but his was more related to his mouth/muzzle area in general. Even touching that area with your hand , tube of wormer or not and it would send him into fight mode. He would move backwards some but with him, it was an offer of flipping his head faily violent in an attempt to push my hand out of the way and sometimes he would threaten to strike, which, with stallions is sometimes the more commonly seen response. I spent quite a bit of time just desensitizing that area by rubbing him there without anything trying to be moved into his mouth, then progressed onto sticking my fingers in and out of his mouth (on the side ofcourse where he could not chomp down on the fingers!) and eventually what I worked into was whenever he was given a carrot, I would slide it into the side of his mouth like I would a tube of wormer paste. Pretty soon he just accepted that sometimes I fed him carrots in a really weird way! He no longer cares what I stick in his mouth and now loves his chin and the sides of his muzzle rubbed. The point being, like you mentioned, it wasn't about distaste of wormer so much.Jonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455369648954700046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1097335742323121231.post-42772079867032011832008-11-12T08:49:00.000-07:002008-11-12T08:49:00.000-07:00Susan -- YES. Having the aids set in stone before...Susan -- YES. Having the aids set in stone before you really need them is critical.Tamara Baysingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15370706745665035429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1097335742323121231.post-70714000765640926522008-11-12T08:26:00.000-07:002008-11-12T08:26:00.000-07:00Iuse the same method. You can also simply put the...Iuse the same method. You can also simply put the hors on the lunge line. I use it for everything so its not big deal andno hesitation to just send them out at the trot. Have your training aids (lunging up to the trot, backing, circling etc) in order before attempting other activies that may need disciplinary action. The training aids are the fundamental foundation to everything, the horses mind, his body coordination and stamina, his understanding of work is and his discipline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com