Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-30
Queries Answered :

ANsRvED HoRsE.-D. T., Sioux
City, Ia.-Query 1T there any real
benefit derived frsm the operation on
a horses foot, commonly called nerV'
ing, aud is it advisable to buy a horse
on which this operation has beck per-
formed ?
Reply:-The effect usually produc-
ed by this operation, can only be calls
ed 40 alienation of pain ; for 1t is
not done as a cure of any disease ex-
sting in the foot. While the effect
Of the operation is to relieve pain con-
.equent upon some incurAbl' disease
it does net in the least do away win
the cause of lAmeuess or prevent the
progress of the disease existing In the
foot. Personally, We would not pur'
change a horse that had been nerved,a'
any price;but this is OF course no rule
forothers to 90 by.W are aware thai
there are many horses going well that
have been thus operated upon'
and the lasting good effect Of the OPP
Grafton We conceive to depend on the
nature of the complaint that rendered
the horse lame. If We could be GER
tain that the cause OF lamesess had
CO ne to its worst, bat lett acute pain
onlv as the result, it would, in such a
a case. be both mereilul and judisious
to have the operation performed with
out delay, II, OBJ the contrary, the dis"
ease was a progressive one, and OF a
nature that would. without the opera"
tioD, shortly or eventually leave the
animal sripple-if horse thus Cir
cumstuaced belonged to ourseli, we
would have him destroyed at once; for
The only effect OF the operation would
be to enable the poor brute TO stumble
along a short time longer, and the re
salt would be, perhaps, some day
leaving one OF his hOofs ON the roAd'
1.
or exhibiting The Notifying and DIS
tressiug sight Of a JOINT or joints daily
pro gres,iug 10 total auehy lo'sls, as
consequence Of ringbone tor instance
MlscH1Evous HoRsE.-F. L., Cam
ton, III. Query IL have a horse thai
has the habit OF always making
great noise in the stable, especially
during the night, by rubbing md kick
lng one or the other hind foot agalns
the siding OF his stall and the stall
nosts. He will also kick while bin!
eroomed. / have often spoken to hin
about it, in rather teise and emphati
language; and having failed to impress
upon his MUD with words my slsop
proval of such proceeding, l have tri
ed by way OF making Impression
on his body with whip, to max
him sompr, bend my disapprOval bu
lstill he continues TO evnce his dlsre
gard for my pecuniary interests in tn
Istal fixtures Now, if there is an,
bitter way of preventing this habit,
will be obliged for the information.
Reply; The horse that kicks Will
beng groomsd, mostly does so from
bang tieklisb, although some do
also from habit, aud in either caF
means 40 harm. Any decent st'bl
man knows how to tcep out OF DANCE
with such a horse II he is in earn
est. let him Qhe horse get rsp,an
then he will lesrn such a horse
little Objectionable. Many horaeS kIc
lin tho stable IS soon as the lights ar
nut ont and the men gone; hey mere
llv kick at the standings and sta
posts with what intention, no telle
can And ont. Idleness, We conclude
, first induced them to DO il, and hsb
induced them to keep it up. 1t is
! bad trick, for it not only keeps ihel
. from their rest, but disturbs oIh'
. horses. A strap buckled around tt
passern. to which is atIpched a pie'
4 of chain, about twelve inches Ion
/ usually stops the practice. If it do
. not, let the horse go loose in a DO
y lstall Some horses have habit
|, kicking en- being mounted. but this
not an indication Of their being Bic
ers 10 any other way, or any presppl
live evidence Of vice, 1t is an aeqoi
led habit of which most probably th'
Twill never be broken; correction vou
aloe likely to spoil their temper an
/. l,rrosbsbIy induce them to kick at
s iastead ei the sir.
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