RE-More Water !

A while ago I put a query to members about a horse that if it fell in a pond, would probably drink all the water. The horse would empty as many buckets of water as you gave it and quick.
We all know there is always a reason for the way a horse behaves. Plenty people gave an answer to my query as to why. Thank you for your well thought out responses. Though nobody hit anywhere near the answer.
My first thought was that the horse had been deprived of water at some point. The problem I had was working out if so,why ?
Well he had been deprived of water. The reason !? He must of been a real rouge when he was young. It was the only way he could be caught.
Took me plenty thinking to get that one.

[BEX101]

so how long would they leave him without water so they could catch him?

[lil_legs]

We had a horse that was a *** to catch, tried leaving it an hour without water, nothing, so built it up in half hr increments.

In the end we had to leave it all night without water, and the next morning said horse was easy to catch and we never had a problem again!!

[My Crazy Clan]

I don't agree with taking water away from a horse just to be caught, there is always a way you just got to work/find it.

Personally I would let the horse have as much as he wants, its better then him not drinking at all.

[BEX101]

Originally Posted by Rhea

I don't agree with taking water away from a horse just to be caught, there is always a way you just got to work/find it.

Personally I would let the horse have as much as he wants, its better then him not drinking at all.

thats what i was thinking. If i remember rightly the original conversation was about a horse that was obsessive about drinking water. To get to the stage where the horse will drink everything he can get its hooves on it must have been seriously deprived of water and i doubt it was just over night. to try it once with a horse that was being a ****** i can get but to do it untill the horse has mental "issues" is another thing compleatly.
Remember - the RSPCA are powerless against so many cases of neglect BUT if an animal doesnt have access to water they can step right in.

[lil_legs]

Rhea, said horse would even get nasty if you perservered and tried to catch it. It was really really naughty. I have never ever done it since, that was an extreme case.

Would always attempt every other avenue, and believe me we did, the horse was out there for weeks wouldn't even come to you for dinner, would wait until you were completely out of sight.

Horse in the end realised that we could win, and that one battle was enough for him to realise.

Had that not worked over night then we would have had to try something else, god knows what lol, certainly wouldn't have left it any longer than that.

[My Crazy Clan]

Originally Posted by lil_legs

Rhea, said horse would even get nasty if you perservered and tried to catch it. It was really really naughty. I have never ever done it since, that was an extreme case.

Would always attempt every other avenue, and believe me we did, the horse was out there for weeks wouldn't even come to you for dinner, would wait until you were completely out of sight.

Horse in the end realised that we could win, and that one battle was enough for him to realise.

Had that not worked over night then we would have had to try something else, god knows what lol, certainly wouldn't have left it any longer than that.

Sorry wasn't aimed at you at all, I should have worded it better.

[sparkey]

Wow, this is very interesting. I've read about this in dogs, the proper term is psychogenic polydypsia, but never heard of a case in a horse.