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Horse Behavior and Training

Pain-producing equipment

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Nadine

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2012-Sep-16 at 03:43AM

So, I was at the local tack shop the other day, and I noticed a rack of what I thought were hay bale-grabbers. They were large, curved, metal hooks with menacing sharp ends. It took me a minute, but I realized they we mixed in with the whips and twitches.
So, my question is, what are all the pain producing tools out there? I seem to be discovering more everyday!

vicci - UK (North Wales) 2012-Sep-16 at 02:40PM

Hi Nadine

Sadly, there is an endless supply of pain inducing equipment. However, what is also important to note is that humans have no lack of imagination about what to use to inflict pain......as Monty says, "its the hands that use the equipment"...but people can use non horse equipment just as easily to inflict damange...hands, hosepipes, feet, electric fences..... the list is endless

Certified Instructor Ann Lindberg/Sweden 2012-Sep-16 at 05:49PM

Oh My! Any picture on that one?

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Nadine 2012-Sep-18 at 03:46AM

Here is a link:

http://www.rods.com/60-colored-cattle-show-stick-54312.html

It says cattle, but I don't think that's what it's for. The store I was at is horse-exclusive (and it was in the display with twitches and whips...). It looks more like a bullhook to me. Too bad people use those on elephants...

Kicki -- Sweden 2012-Sep-18 at 06:56AM

My first thought was that it looks exactly like a boat hook.
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Having little to no knowledge of cattle showing, I Googled the Cattle Show Stick and learned that it is supposed to be a gentle aid when showing cattle by hand. (As always, it is in the hands...)
Found an excellent paper on Cattle Showmanship that explained its use and had other nice pointers in how to handle a calf/cow. Go to page 6 and you can read about the use of the stick.
http://ansci.colostate.edu/pdf_files/YLE/BeefCattleShowmanship.pdf
Nice to see that gentle handling of other animals than horses is being recommended.
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As for the stick being in a horse-shop, I have no idea what purpose they thought it could have. Unless someone, less initiated, mistook it for a riding whip - seeing as the bright colored shaft is deceptively similar - or thought horse showing was the same as cattle showing???
Out of curiosity, I would definitely ask the people in the shop (in the nicest way possible, of course!).

Nadine 2012-Sep-19 at 03:28AM

I don't think the cows would appreciate being stuck with one of those! I wonder how to humanely train cows? Definatly something I want to explore when I get my farm!