Pedigree Query

Have a yearling Arabian / Pinto colt who's able to leap tall stall doors in a single bound. Right now he has a fractured stifle bone so has no other alternative but to be stall bound but too hot to completely close upper & lower doors. Any suggestions to enclose upper door part ( 42"W x 39.5" H ) but with ventilation and something he can't just can't lean against and pop off ?

What kind of window do you have?
Karen

I have the same combo Yearling Arab/ Pinto too. He gets to playing and yes jumping. But I think we can start with what you have.

Can you put a couple stall chains across there? Snap them to big screw eyes & they should be pretty strong.

The thing with yearlings with chains and screw eyes is do they stick out? My arab cross would lean on it and eventually nick himself, or he'll rub on them where his hide down.

KarenKarenn,
By window I think you mean what sort of time window. He'll be at tthe veterinary clinic for at least another week until we determine if surgery is required or not.
Other than that we board him where they have double doors that open & close independently top & bottom. We leave the top open and it's look at me I'm Flyyyiiinnnggg !

Can you replace the top half of his stall door with a grille or screen?

Lucy good point

Lucy,
That sort of what I had in mind but wasn't sure how practical. Ican't really " replace " the door since I don't own the place but I might be able to rig something up where the top door remains but I screw in a screen if I find one close enough in size. Thought I was nuts but since you mentioned it as well ... maybe not so much huh.

mikec wrote:KarenKarenn,
By window I think you mean what sort of time window. He'll be at tthe veterinary clinic for at least another week until we determine if surgery is required or not.
Other than that we board him where they have double doors that open & close independently top & bottom. We leave the top open and it's look at me I'm Flyyyiiinnnggg !

I know it's not funny, but I had to chuckle as I had a Tb wlng do the same thing. He didn't break anything but was pretty sore. I named him Thruthewindow. Hope your little guy is okay.

What about a stall webbing?

He, Prince Charming, didn't get hurt jumping out of the stall. Sorry ; I did sort of imply that. He got kicked by another older horse about a week back when we had those violent storms. Nobody at the farm noticed it until I showed up a few days later to groom him . I think we might just have caught it in time but will know more next week when another set of xrays taken after the swelling goes down and infection subsides.

Madelyn, I thought about that as well but given his penchant for trying to fly I was concerned he'd get himself caught up ... probably when nobody was around.

I don't know if budgeting is an issue, but there are some really nice grilles now that have a V-cut in them with a close-able section. So she can see out the front, and as she learns to relax in the stall, you can open the V-section for her head to come out. Then eventually you can remove the grille. But you might have to replace the entire stall door to get one to fit.

I've heard that the big farms in KY teach the young horses to relax in the stalls by bringing them in for a hour a day, then two hours, then three, etc. during the day. Eventually the horse is in the stall all day, and turned out at night. Then they reverse the process and keep them in all night, and turn them out all day. By this method, the most nervous horse learns that he will be turned out on a schedule and they stop fretting about being closed up. It seems like a lot of handling, but these big farms walk yearlings for hours a day anyway, so the process of leading them from the pasture to the stall is just part of the training regimen.

As usual this board has been very helpful. I'll wait for the phone call tom'w. to see if surgery is required first and then, depending on when he's coming home, I'll go with the grille or screen suggestion on top of the door to keep the flying ace earthbound until he totally heals. Thanks guys !!