CLANE, 23 December 2001: by Bill Trapman. A Kildare-produced device is guaranteed to be 100% effective in stopping horses wind-sucking or crib-biting, without need for surgical procedures, special head collars or foul tasting substances. The TINGLER system is used successfully in equestrian centres, stud farms, and racing stables all over Ireland.

The system ‘sensitises’ objects or surfaces which a horse might bite or suck on, using a pulsed low-energy signal from a remote source. When the horse tries to bite, he feels a ‘tingling’ sensation and quickly learns not to try again.

The pulse is absolutely harmless, and won’t be felt by any other part of the horse’s body except his mouth. He can can reach over or lean against sensitized surfaces, such as a stable half-door or the rim of a water trough or feeding bowl, and can drink or eat without feeling any ‘tingle’. The horse is therefore completely relaxed in his environment

Humans touching the sensitised areas won’t feel the tingle either.

Horses wind-suck because the process releases endorphins in their system. The good feelings these produce makes the behaviour habit-forming, and it can result in reduced food intake and indigestion so that the horse cannot be worked to his full potential. Horses prevented from wind-sucking by means of a TINGLER system eat and work and generally thrive better.

A crib-biting horse grabs or bites on an object in his stable or paddock enclosure, arching his neck and following the same action as for wind-sucking, with the same result. A crib-biting horse may wear his teeth to the extent that it reduces his ability to eat efficiently. It can also mean extensive unsightly and costly damage.

The TINGLER concept was the brainchild of Jeff Groves, a Cheshire electronics specialist asked to find an effective and gentle way to prevent a world famous show-jumping horse from wind-sucking. His prototype resulted in a noticeable improvement in the performance of that horse and of other important horses in subsequent installations in the UK and the Netherlands.

After successfully testing TINGLER systems over a 2-year period at her base at Kilmurry near Clane, Marie Byrne bought out Jeff Groves’ interest in 1999. She continued testing and developing the product, with Jeff Groves providing input on a consultancy basis. Approval to use the CE mark was obtained in March 2000.

TINGLER was launched on the Irish market last January and it is planned to sell the system in the UK in early spring 2002 and elsewhere in Europe later in that year.

The web-site www.tingler.ie is receiving serious enquiries from the USA, Australia and South Africa. Contact by email.

The manufacturers in Clane offer a money-back guarantee. If a TINGLER system is not 100 percent effective within 30 days of installation, then it will be removed and all payments refunded in full.

©2001knn

Examples of
crib-biting.



Sensitised
post-and-rail.

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