My horse always freaks out when he comes near another hors eor visa verca! He is young yes but still he is used to everything!! He freaks out when the scene is calm but is calm when he is in a parade or show. Why is this?
2007-01-20 15:28:44 · 7 answers · asked by babe girl 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
if he is stalled 2 ofen other animils will freak him out try puting him in a pascher with other hourses what bread is it arabeyns r alwase skidesh u mitwe have 2 bild trust with the hores that can thake some time and a loot of caer
2007-01-20 15:39:03 · answer #1 · answered by joewarmbody 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was probably an only colt. He most likely only knew his mother and had very little other horse contact when he was young, and he doesn't 'know' how to communicate with stangers. In the parade or show, he's down to business and he's probly on a one track mind set doing what he knows best so nothing bothers him. My advice is to pasture him with a calm old gelding (mares can be finicky and bossy) to get him used to social contact with other horses. The old gelding will be his mentor and 'teach' him. After your horse is calm with the gelding, add 1 or 2 more horses to the group. Make sure these horses too are calm and gentle, and try to make these guys geldings too. When your horse is calm with this group, introduce A mare, just one, tho. Let him get used to her. Watch them carefully the next few days. If he tries to mount her he may be 'proud cut'. Where only one testicle fell, so only one was cut, so he still has one inside him. If that is the case then he will need it surgically removed.
If he doesn't then after about 3 to 4 weeks of letting him run around with his bunch of 4 or 5 horses, introduce him and the first old gelding you put him with, to a whole new herd in another pasture. This way he will have someone to run to when he gets frightened, but will see that his old gelding buddy isn't freaking so why should he?
2007-01-20 23:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got done training a horse like this about a week ago. One reason your horse may be doing this is just like any horse that goes into the show ring. Your horse may be a naturally excited horse but when he gets to his "show" he knows it's down to business. I have a little cutting horse right now that is highstrung but when he gets to a weekend cutting the minute he steps from the trailer to the competition grounds he's a horse in a "business suit" and means no snuff. Your horse may just need a tune up so everytime you get on him or are around him and his lead is in your hand, he needs to know that this is just as important as a parade or show. A good way to get him over his "freaking out" around another horse is have a play day with all your riding buddies out where you practice with your horse. Practice walking him by your other friends horses and if he starts acting up play hide and go seek with his hindquarters, where everytime you move to the side of him he moves his butt to where you can only see his front. By having him concentrate on something other than the other horse, he will calm down and learn how to deal with his problem in a more constructive way.
2007-01-20 23:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by silvaspurranch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a scared reaction: sounds like he wasn't socialized correctly when young. Was he kept by himself with no other horsey contact? He could simply be afraid of them because he does not know them. Try giving him some free time with an older, gentle horse.
If it is an attacking reaction (ears pinned, swinging neck or butt towards the horse) could be socialization problems or you may just have a cranky horse. If he tries to attack another horse- yell at him to knock it off. You may never be able to stand quietly next to another horse, but he should respect that you do not want him to attack the horse.
2007-01-21 00:24:28 · answer #4 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK... How young is young? Is "he" a gelding? Has he been checked by a vet? Are you sure he isn't "proud cut"? If he's still a stud- the problem is OBVIOUS! LOL
2007-01-20 23:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he needs more socialization with other horses...I'd find him a buddy, then slowly work him up to joining up with a herd.
2007-01-20 23:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by Carson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how long have you had him? 'cause for all you know, he could have been hurt by older studs/geldings/colts/mares/fillies before you got him.
2007-01-20 23:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by rinestonehorsegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋