Cribbing/Windsucking – case study in minimising the behaviour through management. Part 1: Identifying the complex causes
By Wiola Grabowska CASE STUDY: LEOPOLD THE LAST, 11 yrs old gelding, TB x New Forrest Cribbing is considered an undesirable behaviour where a horse grabs hold of an object with his incisors and burps loudly engaging variety of neck muscles. Some sources suggest the horse sucks in/swallows air in the process, some believe the…