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No More Deworming
Is your horse hard to deworm? Train him to accept the process with
top trainer/clinician Clinton Anderson’s proven technique.
Deworming is one
of the basic elements
of good horsekeeping.
It should be a worryfree,
routine practice
that takes place several
times per year. Is your
horse difficult to deworm?
If so, he may
have had a bad experience
being dewormed
or doesn’t like the taste
of the dewormer.
Top trainer/clinician
Clinton Anderson explains
that most deworming
issues aren’t
the horse’s fault; the
problem is in the owner’s
approach. “Avoid
sneaking up to your
horse and jamming
the dewormer in his
mouth,” he says. “Also,
don’t walk straight up
to your horse, hang on
to the halter really tight, then jam the
syringe in his mouth. You’ll make him
defensive.
“Keep in mind that horses are prey animals,”
he explains. “If you approach him
and stick the dewormer in his face, like a
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use Clinton anderson’s
proven technique to
teach your horse to
accept the deworming
syringe without a fight.
predator, then he’s going
to stick it back in
your face and say, ‘Get
lost!’
“On the other hand,
if you walk up to your
horse and kind of act
casual about it, pretty
soon, you’ll notice that
a lot of his defensiveness
will go away and
he won’t be worried
about getting dewormed.”
A horse that’s good to deworm will stand
still with his head down, body relaxed, and
readily accept a dewormer, because he
realizes that you’re not trying to hurt him.
Here’s a step-by-step technique to deworming
the right way.
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