Recently, my 11 year old Standardbred gelding has decided to chew on all of our wooden fences, and has currently chewed through the fence in 6 different places. I have never had this problem with him before. I have tried to apply a spray designed to deter horses from chewing, but as I was applying it, he was walking along behind me, taking chunks out of the wood! What should I do?

First thing to remeber horses do things like that when they are bored...make sure your horse has plenty of grass or hay to occupy his time...if this don;t work you can try a grazing muzzle this would prevent him from chewing things..but will still allow him to graze and eat and drink water.

Good Luck
Betty

city , state Ararat va

Hi there,

Just to add to Betty's advice about your Standardbred chewing. Get his teeth checked by a horse dentist - if he's never done it before then his teeth could be causing him problems. Another remedy to use to stop him from chewing up fence posts if you didn't want to use a grazing bucket is to paint Stockholm tar on the rails and posts. It's messy and horrible but it works a treat. Best of luck.

Liz

city , state Warkworth New Zealand