My horse is very crazy. She pins her ears back and tries to bite people. She has a baby and she is trying to do the same thing. What can I do to fix it? Any tips or anything would be very helpful.
2006-09-04 07:01:13 · 8 answers · asked by redneck_girl 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Hey, i used to have a mare just like that. i know how it feels! embarrasing! it sounds cruel, but its really not. what you have to do, is next time she reaches out to nip, smack her hard between the ears,and crack an egg over her head. she'll think she's bleeding, and never try doing that again! the egg comes out with a little shampoo.
2006-09-04 07:07:51 · answer #1 · answered by Hunter Jumper 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You left out a lot of info. Such as, horses age, how old is her foal, was she gentle broke, or hard broke. Is she green broke. Has she been broke at all? Has she been sick? horses in some ways are a lot like people in the way they react. What kind of food do you feed her? Environment? Do you play loud music around her? Horses hate certain kinds of music believe it or not. There are a lot of factors that cause a horse to be difficult to be trained.
Also, when she bites people, is it just certain people. Horses are like people in this way too. They don't like some people because they sense something about them that we miss.
I had a horse that didn't like someone. Turned out that he was a thief. Smart horse.
2006-09-04 07:14:27 · answer #2 · answered by celticwarrior7758 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first get her off the sweet feed and or oats if she is geting any,
next work her in a round pen, start of slow and easy, look for her licking her lips, this is a sign she is giving in.
As for the bitting problem when she bites or nips slap her nose but do it imadaitly, (this is the only time I will slap or hit a horse, once or twice she will know not to bite.)
as for her foal it is time you start working with it, Hands on. petting it rubbing the neck ect.ect. I start htis the day they are born. Never to soon and every day.
Most folks think they can put there horse away and ride them when they want to. I belive in spending as much time with mine as I can.
2006-09-04 07:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by cowboy up 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has she always been pinning her ears back or just since the foal? She may be in protection mode. If she's always behaved that way, she may not have been broken properly - or you adopted a wild horse. Talk to the vet - you should be able to have her trained properly and given the correct feed to calm her down.
2006-09-04 07:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by SUZI S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mares are more moody
get a professional trainer to work with her
look for herbal food suppliments to help her moods
perhaps its because she has a foal?
2006-09-04 07:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
try to tell it to settle down or at least give it a place to run around you know what i am saying
2006-09-04 07:04:43 · answer #6 · answered by randy f 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
your horse is obviously not tame...try training her.
2006-09-04 09:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by kristin m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go for an animal specialist
2006-09-04 07:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋