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Old 11/25/10, 09:37 PM
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Nope. There are many good horses around without this problem. Horses can be enough trouble without a cribbing problem. Other horses can learn it and it can cost alot of money in destroyed materials and health issues. My goal when buying a horse is to get one as problem and vice free as possible.
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Old 11/25/10, 09:59 PM
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Editing to add- i've never had a horse 'learn' cribbing. I do not keep my horses stalled, so there isn't much time for them to be bored enough to pick up a bad habit.
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Old 12/19/10, 06:14 PM
 
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Thanks to everyone for your advice. We passed on the horse that cribs. Yesterday, we looked at another one we will probably buy and as we were walking through the barn to the arena, we happened to pass a horse in its stall that was cribbing. Oh, that would drive me crazy. Seeing it first-hand confirms that that's something I just wouldn't want to deal with. Through the grapevine, we found a beautiful quarterhorse gelding that will probably be my daughter's Christmas present. We're just a vet check, a local trainer evaluation, and a big check away!!! Who needs vacations?
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