Once a horse starts cribbing it is difficult to get them to stop. The best thing is to try to prevent it from occurring in the first place.

To help prevent and reduce cribbing:

Allow your horse as much pasture time, in as big a pasture as possible

Spend time training and handling the horse to help prevent boredom.

Provide your horse with a companion, preferably another horse, but goats also often make good companions for horses.

Allow your horse access to fresh grass, or grass hay at all times.


A cribbing strap, or collar may also be useful. This strap is placed around the horse's neck. A metal plate on the bottom of the strap presses into the throat when the horse arches its neck to crib. This makes it difficult, and uncomfortable for the horse to swallow air.

surgery is avalible but not nice!!

spray a pet shop product called sour grapes or sour apples (used for house animals who wee/poo on the floor, you spray it on, wait about 5mins for it to settle then let the animal near it, tastes awful and they never go back again)

tin of anticribbing paint (never worked for me)

hope that helps