-> to move.  He never pawed unless I tied him up on the lead rope and
-> wanted to brush him or bathe him etc... Then that's when he started
-> with the pawing.  Or, when I turned by back to get another brush or
-> hoof pick, then he would do it.  Even after he was gelded he
-> continued to paw.  I had read in the Appaloosa Journal's latest issue
-> that they had said the same thing that you mentioned about boredom,
-> or wants to go out and play or work.  These horses would have been
-> great at war time to dig foxholes....he, he
Smokey drove me crazy pawing, when I first got him, when he was tied.
I broke him of it use a bucketful of wet sponges a good horse book and a
chair in the shade(It was summer).  I put him the cross ties sat down
with the good horse book and yelled quit everytime he pawed and then
followed it with a wet sponge when he ignored me.  The sponge went splat
his eyes got real big and then we would do the whole thing over again.
It took about 2 hours before he decided not to paw for more than 10
minutes.  I washed out the sponges and then we went for a ride.  I've
had one refresher course since then that lasted about 20 min and 10 of
that was spent waiting for him to paw.  This won't work in his stall
though because he doesn't do it if I'm there.
Debby
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