Tango isn't very good in the barn. Here's some video's I got of him in there today.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj8f1_lMg8E
I was worried he was going to rear up higher then a few inches and hit his head, so I put a towel up and this is how he reacted:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG4NDwijybs
He got to where he would "do the Tango" with all four legs pretty high. Every so often he would lift one leg off the ground for a little bit, then slowly lift the other one and hold himself that way without getting any higher for a few seconds, then go back down and start pacing or "doing the Tango" again.
1.) If he can't stand in the barn, do you think this will lead to issues standing in the trailer? My grandma says it will be different because he's traveling, but I don't know. I won't have any problems getting him in or out, I'm just a bit worried about him standing.
2.) What are ways I can get him to calm down and just stand there? (Without hitting him for it! For certain people that tell me to hit him to make him stand...) He used to do it while tying, but I just let him stand there for a while everyday until he stopped doing it. (Plus he was an extremely nervous, high strung rescue who had only been at the house for a few days.) Would it be the same for the barn? Just let him stand there until he gets over it?
Thanks.
**No rude answers.**
Okay, enough with all the "stalls are super cruel" answers please. He went in it to dry off where I could put his blanket on and then I was going to open the doors and let him do as he pleases, like usual. The only reason I even asked a question about it is because I was worried he was going to act the same in the trailer.
He was wet from it raining, not sweat or baths. If I put him outside he would have just got more wet!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj8f1_lMg8E
I was worried he was going to rear up higher then a few inches and hit his head, so I put a towel up and this is how he reacted:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG4NDwijybs
He got to where he would "do the Tango" with all four legs pretty high. Every so often he would lift one leg off the ground for a little bit, then slowly lift the other one and hold himself that way without getting any higher for a few seconds, then go back down and start pacing or "doing the Tango" again.
1.) If he can't stand in the barn, do you think this will lead to issues standing in the trailer? My grandma says it will be different because he's traveling, but I don't know. I won't have any problems getting him in or out, I'm just a bit worried about him standing.
2.) What are ways I can get him to calm down and just stand there? (Without hitting him for it! For certain people that tell me to hit him to make him stand...) He used to do it while tying, but I just let him stand there for a while everyday until he stopped doing it. (Plus he was an extremely nervous, high strung rescue who had only been at the house for a few days.) Would it be the same for the barn? Just let him stand there until he gets over it?
Thanks.
**No rude answers.**
Okay, enough with all the "stalls are super cruel" answers please. He went in it to dry off where I could put his blanket on and then I was going to open the doors and let him do as he pleases, like usual. The only reason I even asked a question about it is because I was worried he was going to act the same in the trailer.
He was wet from it raining, not sweat or baths. If I put him outside he would have just got more wet!