Two yearold turns his back side to me every time?

Question

IN the stable and out in the field
and wont stand still when gromming him

Answer 1

At two years old he's still a baby, he's left his mother and doesn't now have a place in the herd.
Use a head collar as much as you can and teach him to tie up - use the correct fast release knot.
Spend more time at his shoulder and scratch his shoulder and withers as if you were another horse. It will relax him. Do it for 15 minutes at a stretch. Horses are social animals and like company. They groom each other. So just copy that and it will help him adjust.

Don't expect great discipline from him straight away; you have to teach it to him and he's still very young. Focus on getting to know him and teaching him stable manners, picking up his feet, leading well and so on.
Try your local library if you have one to learn more about handling the young horse.

Answer 2

he probably wants you to give him a good scratch at the top of his tail! All horsey people scratch foals on the bum cause they look so cute when they wiggle back and forth, problem being the cute likkle foal turns into half a ton of muscle in no time at all, they don't know they are scaring you half to death when they spin round on you like that! If you don't want you horse doing that to you push him firmly on the hindquaters and say 'over' in a loud voice, he will soon get the hint, I personally don't mind it if I know the horse well and I am always greated by my horses butt first when I go in her stable!

Answer 3

let's address the fact the he turns his but to you in the stall. be careful when doing this as you can be kicked if he is being aggressive. take your halter and lead and when you walk in and he turns his but on you, you need to smack his in the but and send him around you. back off so that he doesn't kick, give him a chance everytime to turn and face you. if he doesn't then another pop in the butt. you move in to smack him and out to allow him to turn and face you. when he does turn and face you give him a treat. this will reinforce the good behavior and he will learn fast that facing you means treats. once this has been established then you can work on the pasture issue. because by then he shouldn't be doing this cuz now he associates you with treats and being the dominant person in his herd. if he does do this to you again in pasture do the same thing send him away and then walk up again, when he faces offer the treats. this should work easily and well, if you have problems then consult a trainer to help you.

now for the not standing while being groomed. do you have a place to tie that is safe to leave him all day? if so put two halters on him and tie him and leave him. give no attention to him. the pawing and moving around is for attention and lack of patience. and could be that he wants to be back out with his pasture buddies. so he needs to learn that when he is in from the pasture he has to have manners. so tieing him all day is a good way to allow him to be fussy and give no positve or negative attention. eventually he will learn to just stand, horses don't like to have to work more than what we ask. so he will tire himself out physically and mentally. this may require several days to do this before he gets it!!! good luck and hope this helps

Answer 4

In equine language he is trying to intimidate you and is saying stay out of my space, my 2 yr old does this to he was rescued and treated cruely in the past,in the equine herd a horse would do this to intimidate another horse and the other horse would either move away or challenge the intimidation .
Now you can do 1 of 2 things you can move away or you can challenge his intimidation by sending him away from you .
If you move then he has challenged you and got you to move your feet and away from him if you get him to move away you have then reversed the role and he may intimidate you far less.
But on the other hand if he looks to kick you and you are not fast enough to send him away then you best move but dont let this happen more than once .
If this also happens in the stable then if you would like to contact me i can tell you how to remedy this with natural training .
i hope this helps you .

Answer 5

He's only a baby at 2 years old and obviously hasn't been taught good manners in the past.

Have you ever done join-up (the Monty Roberts method)? It is very good for establishing a bond between horse and owner, it is never too young to start doing it. If you have never tried it, ot heard of it before, check out his website: http://www.montyroberts.com/. I've used it with young and old horses with great success.

Is your horse aggressive when he turns his back - ie are his ears pinned back and is he threatening to kick? If he is still entire (not castrated) he may be trying to assert his authority as boss. You definitely need to nip this kind if behaviour in the bud.

Check out the Monty Roberts site, I hope it helps you.

Answer 6

In times like these, you have to make yourself the Alpha horse to him. You gotta let him know who's boss in horse language or he will just keep disrespecting you like that. I highly suggest a book called "How to Think Like a Horse," by Cherry Hill. I have seen amazing outcomes from this book, from horses that were absolute terrors and brats beforehand. It's actually a pretty solid way to train a horse, because its in a language that they can understand. Good luck!

Answer 7

firstly you need to teach him the basis comands
with someone to help you put him on a headcollar and rope and walk him out in the yard and ask him to stop, everytime he stops tell him stand and after a few seconds at first reward him if he doesnt move
if he walks off before you have asked him to push him back and ask him the command again! it will take you a while for him to learn this but if you do it everyday for a 10 mins and reward everytime he does what you ask he will soon get the idea!
next you can do the same exercise but when he is standing brush his neck repeated the command and reward him if he stands still.
good luck!

Answer 8

personnaly, i would take it as an attitude problem. If it's a person (you never specified) i would a) take the kid to see a shrink. b) put a peice of paper over his butt to stop you from having to see it. If it's a horse, a) take it to an animal shrink. b) give it time to get used to you.

Answer 9

Are we talking about a horse here of a person?

Answer 10

How long have you had him for ,if its only a little while he is probly getting used 2 u ,if u have had him for a while then he may think you dont treat him well or something give him more food or give him treats such a polos (they adore them)