I thought celery was such a good idea but after trying several times even mixed with alfalfa pellets I don’t know if I should give up😭 my mare just instantly recognizes when the celery is in the mix and spits it out😔Have you encountered similar situations? Maybe I should just resign that she hates celery😆
I have a few that absolutely refuse celery 😅 but most of the time I can gradually work them up to accepting celery. I start with just a few very thin slivers mixed into the hay pellets and let them sit and “absorb” the hay flavor a bit. Then gradually you can add more very thin slivers (like think paper thin) and then over time allow them to be a bit thicker cuts … it may take a few weeks to a few months. Usually I’ll work up to and continue a 50/50 ratio from there. But a few horses love just straight celery!
Great video! I have a hard time finding other grass/hay pellets near me, with the exception of alfalfa pellets. I want to get a bag of Timothy cubes to soak for my senior and use that for training, but I’m worried he won’t eat it and I’ll end up wasting the bag of feed 😂 but I’m needing a lower value reinforcer and he’s not a fan of celery so I might as well try lol.
If you find your horse likes it's straight and it's not super high value to them than that's great! I do this with a few of mine. Very low calories which is fantastic!
is it safe to just half-soak hay pellets? i want to introduce my mare to r+ but she has never eaten hay pellets before and im afraid of choking. or is there any method to prepare a horse like her to pelleted stuff?
You could add water on top of the dry pellets and do the training session that way, but I've never had a problem feeding straight pellets even to inexperienced horses. I usually start feeding from a food pan, and just a couple pieces at a time. I teach it all in my Academy you can find on my website :)
Oh weird! Make sure it's all one word? I just tried it and it was working for me. If it's not working for you again please feel free to reach out to the trainers pouch or again to me and I'll see if I can get to the bottom of it!
Say what you will about the sugar but the horse I have would try to kill me over working on medical stuff if I didn't use extreme high value molasses treats. Know your own animal.
Under certain conditions I will use a higher value reinforcer (something more sugary), especially if the alternative is a more stressful approach. But for medical care I still use a low value reinforcer and train the behavior cooperatively. If you're needing to use high value to "make it happen" safely on a regular basis (again, extenuating circumstances aside) my recommendation is to go back to re-introducing the steps necessary to achieve the medical care cooperatively. I actually have a playlist saved here on CZcams with a lot of wonderful examples of cooperative care. :) -- Thank you for commenting!
I thought celery was such a good idea but after trying several times even mixed with alfalfa pellets I don’t know if I should give up😭 my mare just instantly recognizes when the celery is in the mix and spits it out😔Have you encountered similar situations? Maybe I should just resign that she hates celery😆
I have a few that absolutely refuse celery 😅 but most of the time I can gradually work them up to accepting celery. I start with just a few very thin slivers mixed into the hay pellets and let them sit and “absorb” the hay flavor a bit. Then gradually you can add more very thin slivers (like think paper thin) and then over time allow them to be a bit thicker cuts … it may take a few weeks to a few months. Usually I’ll work up to and continue a 50/50 ratio from there. But a few horses love just straight celery!
Great video! I have a hard time finding other grass/hay pellets near me, with the exception of alfalfa pellets. I want to get a bag of Timothy cubes to soak for my senior and use that for training, but I’m worried he won’t eat it and I’ll end up wasting the bag of feed 😂 but I’m needing a lower value reinforcer and he’s not a fan of celery so I might as well try lol.
Most all of my horses readily eat Timothy so it's definitely worth a try!
Is just celery by itself okay to use for a training session, or is it better to mix it with the hay pellets?
If you find your horse likes it's straight and it's not super high value to them than that's great! I do this with a few of mine. Very low calories which is fantastic!
is it safe to just half-soak hay pellets? i want to introduce my mare to r+ but she has never eaten hay pellets before and im afraid of choking. or is there any method to prepare a horse like her to pelleted stuff?
You could add water on top of the dry pellets and do the training session that way, but I've never had a problem feeding straight pellets even to inexperienced horses. I usually start feeding from a food pan, and just a couple pieces at a time. I teach it all in my Academy you can find on my website :)
@@TheWillingEquine Thank you!
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Oh weird! Make sure it's all one word? I just tried it and it was working for me. If it's not working for you again please feel free to reach out to the trainers pouch or again to me and I'll see if I can get to the bottom of it!
@@TheWillingEquine I ended up chatting with them and they fixed it😃
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Say what you will about the sugar but the horse I have would try to kill me over working on medical stuff if I didn't use extreme high value molasses treats. Know your own animal.
Under certain conditions I will use a higher value reinforcer (something more sugary), especially if the alternative is a more stressful approach. But for medical care I still use a low value reinforcer and train the behavior cooperatively. If you're needing to use high value to "make it happen" safely on a regular basis (again, extenuating circumstances aside) my recommendation is to go back to re-introducing the steps necessary to achieve the medical care cooperatively. I actually have a playlist saved here on CZcams with a lot of wonderful examples of cooperative care. :) -- Thank you for commenting!