Corgis and horses....
To all you horse owners out there, how did you teach your corgi to respect the horses without getting kicked or stepped on? I recently moved to a ranch with horses and we often go trail riding. I'd like to take Franklin on more rides but he follows the horses so closely I'm afraid he is going to get kicked. We have a few trustworthy horses that he can come on rides with but I'm getting a new horse next week and don't know how tolerant she will be. He's been stepped on once already while I was moving horses from one pasture to another so he seems to have respect for their feet but doesn't realize they can kick as well! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on
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love the pic, sorry I don't have any advice, wish I did!!
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Permalink Reply by Marcie on
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Growning up with both horses and dogs, the dogs got kicked, then learned. They were larger dogs though. My sister currently has three horses and one of her dogs is a corgi. He got zapped by the fence once and equated that with the horses. He gives them a wide berth now.
An friend of mine owns a horse training/lesson facility. She adopted a young cattle dog last year. The dog had no horse sense. My friend had to resort to a shock collar for the safety of the dogs and the horses. I'm not sure if they have worked up to trail rides or not.
Does Franklin have a 'go out' command? If you can teach him to move off to a safe distance maybe? I'm not sure how helpful this was. Good luck and I will ask around.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on
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On the ground he knows "back" but for some reason he doesn't understand it when I am in the saddle. I've been thinking about getting a vibrating collar or a really mild shock collar. I used to have one that had a vibrate setting and it worked really well on Kirby. Franklin is just so much more sensitive and already HATES collars so I really don't want to go that route unless I have to. With the corgi build I'm afraid if he gets kicked or stepped on it will result in a broken back or serious injury. Luckily when he was stepped on the horse just barely got his foot so he wasn't injured, just more startled. On the ground I can easily keep him away and out from under the horses but in the saddle he tries to follow too close for comfort.
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I was thinking today. Are any of the horses tolerant to a longe whip? If so you could teach Franklin to target the end. The wand part, not the string. You could start on the ground, then move to horseback. That would move him out, then add a command to move out? Just a thought.
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He is already obsessed with chasing the longe whip lol. I used to use it to exercise him on rainy days :-P I would turn my horse out in the indoor arena and longe Franklin while she rolled and wandered around. She was EXTREMELY tolerant of Franklin so never taught him to respect horses. I'm hoping my new girl is tolerant too so I can figure out a way to move him out and work with him on the ground then in the saddle.
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Would he target on a laser pointer? It would be easy to hold while on a horse.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Markley on
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I taught Seanna and all my dogs the "Leave it" command...put on a leash, and walk in a circle around something appetizing. Every time they try to pay attention to the desert, give a quick snap of the leash and say "Leave it"....until they get the command and refocus on you right away after you say it.
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Permalink Reply by Lauren Rae & Fauna on
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Do any of your friends have dogs with good horse sense? It seems our dogs learned from each other over time (and with daily exposure)
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