How do I stop a horse from biting? I will go into the corral with him and out of the blue, he will try to bite

Answer 1

They are all correct, stand your ground with the horse and bopping him on the nose is one way to handle it. Observe what he does before he bites and take corrective action before he does. He is challenging you. Actually go to these 2 sites for more pro help www.wayofthehorse.org/HelpCenter/archives2.html for their section on biting and theres another article at www.kbrhorse.net/qt/bite.html

Answer 2

This can be a very challenging thing to overcome with your equine. You will notice that your horse will mainly try to bite you in your back or mostly left arm. Horses are very smart in the fact that they know exactly where they can damage you the most. They choose your back because your kidneys and liver are located there- biting you here will make you very sore...they choose your left arm because the veins here help carry blood to your legs where as the right arm has it's own blood supply.

Here is a non-abusive way to quit his biting. DO NOT BOP his nose- this will make him head shy and eventually hard to catch. This will also force him to turn his hind quarters to you when he learns he can no longer use his mouth to show you his alpha status.

Get your horse in his halter and lead line. If he does not try and bite you off the bat then tease him by playing with his forelock. When you have control of your horses head like that it means that you have domination over them, if your horse respects you he will allow you to pet his head, if not he will try and scare you off. When he tries to bite you, very quickly tie him with his nose to the inside of your corral. Give him no room to move his head. Then calmly walk away from him. Pay no attention to him- in fact go about your business and don't even bother to look at him. After 45 minutes go and untie him. Now stand on the left side of your horse by his head. Take your right hand and slide them behind his ears. You will feel two knots about an inch from his poll. Gently massage these points and your horse should drop his head- if he doesn't then add more pressure until he does. The second he drops his head let off the pressure. If he tries to bite you- tie him again- this time for an hour. (Most of the time, after the first tie he won't bite you again). When you untie him, rub his poll and get him to lower his head again. When a horse does lower his head it means that he's giving to you- that you are the leader of his herd. Getting him to lower his head will make him easier to bridle and halter, and make him more respectful to you.

I'll let you know why leaving your horse tied works. In the wild when a member of the herd does wrong the rest of the herd will kick this horse out. They will shove him away and turn their backs to him telling him that his behavior is not accepted and won't be allowed. When this horse has been away from the herd for a while and the herd has decided to let him back in they will no longer chase him away and turn their backs from him.

Since you aren't a horse and they are bigger and stonger you can't kick them from the herd. So by tying and turning your back and walking away you are displaying the same behavior a herd in the wild would do.

This has always worked for me and I hope it works for you.

Answer 3

You are definately not the dominant one- when he bits you -whack him on the nose ONCE for every bite (don't need to go overboard) and make a loud sound- the buzzer/air horn noise works the best, but a simple loud NO will work. It is just biting now, but because you are below him on the pecking order, it may go to kicking or worse. Very dangerous to be by a horse with no respect for you.

Answer 4

It's better to do a "block" than smack him in the face, because when you smack him, he will learn to put his head up right after biting, then it will become a game or "lets see if I can bite mom then get out of the way fast enough!"
For a block, you have your elbow between you and him, then when he goes to bite, he gets elbowed in the nose instantly for trying to bite.
Good luck!

Answer 5

Is he a colt? This is typical colt behavior, but at any age, must be stopped. Anticipate when he is about to bite, and "meet " his nose/mouth with your hand - hard - as he nips. And the biting back does work - I did it to my colt and he stopped quick.
This won't make him head shy, but do not strike him anywhere but his nose/mouth, and immediatelyafter if not during the action if nipping.

Answer 6

He is challenging you on the pecking order. This is dangerous for you and must be stopped ASAP. When you enter the pen, carry a riding crop or something and when ever he tries to bite, raise your arms high and charge right back at him with the crop. You may have to hit him with it at first. The key is to make yourself significant to him.

Answer 7

Hi, I know this may sound ridiculous but it works, bite it back the instant it bites you.You are being bullied in the pecking order.Hope this helps, it worked for me.

Answer 8

Smack him on the nose, even if he is just trying to bite. I'd actually smack him just as he's putting his ears back. You have to remain at the top of the pecking order!

Answer 9

I want everyone to first know that i love animals and would never want to cause them any harm. But when my horse bit me i hit his nose just enough to make it snap. He doesn't like the noise so he learned that whenever he bit me the noise soon followed.

Answer 10

This worked for me and my stallion .When you recieve a nip --
YELL -OWWWWW- ahhhh-- AT THE TOP OF YOUR VOCAL CORDS!! till he picks up his ears and than yell DONT and flail your arms and pick up a hand full of dirt and throw it at him ....and leave. so the next time you go in and he comes over to you and looks like, he might bite,do it but with a tap on his fore head, not on his nose.than when you have got him just comming to you ,he should respong to your hand and voice.