horse that is very wild?

Question

my horse wont let me touch it halter backs away when i go in the stall and is very untrusting had to lasso her to get her in the stall. she is pregnat and the old owner said that when she has her baby she will kick your head off when u go in the stall. she will eat from my hand but thats the extent of our contact. i am just constantly sitting by her stall just talking to her trying to get her to trust me but we seem to be getting nowhere i would like to get her to trust me before the foals born so that when she ha her baby i can go check it out. i dont think she has benn abused just never handled. how can i get her to trust me?

she is not a wild mustang she just hasnt been handled much i will not send her to a trainer what good does that do she will trust the trainer not me i cant even touch higher than the bottem of her nose and do not message me about my spelling.

Answer 1

my very first pony was like that. it just takes alot of time . Just keep bringing her treats, and try to cox her with feed when its feeding time. if you send her off for training you might still have a problem. if you can try getting someone to help YOU train her. that way she gets used to you. i have had many horses that have just been field born and had never had human contact.. it took may months to get my first pony to let me touch him but after that he was the best pony ever. he so learned to cart, english, jumping, western pleasure, and contesting.. very versatile pony. now i am working with a 6yr old QH that is green broke.. hopefully he turns out like my pony did

i give you the best of luck with your mare and good luck with the foal when its born too...

Answer 2

Honestly, the radio thing will help, keep it on all day, she needs to accept humans (voices, smell, etc) before anything else. This might sound mean to people unfamiliar with horses, but, do not give her food right away when you go out for feeding time, feed the rest of the horses first, then go to her. Hand feed everything. If she wants her grain every night, make her take it from you. Open the stall just enough to put the grain bucket in (about 1 foot-be careful though, watch her ears, eyes, and muzzle-buying a web stall gaurd might be a good idea if you are afraid she might try to bolt out). Let her come to you, shake the bucket a bit so she knows where the food is. Be calm. The first few times you do this, I would not touch her, just let her know that you are where the food comes from. If she relaxes enough after a few feedings, slowly raise your hand to pet her face, avoid eyes & ears! If she reacts badly, take the food away for a few minutes until she calms down. It is going to take you a while, but it will work. She will come to depend on you and will eventually respect you. Trust comes with time, and with that mare it will take you a few years, but mutual respect and the ability to work together is possible now. You should find a treat your mare likes and after she eats out of the bucket you're holding, let her have a peppermint or something, Increase the frequency of her treats as she starts to let you pet her, etc. She will get it eventually and she'll make you a great horse, but you need persistence and a quiet hand to make this work, especially since you have a limited time till the foal drops and then that will make things a lot harder.
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Answer 3

Wow, I sure hope you don't get hurt with this horse. And by the way it is pregnant, not pregnat. I would keep up talking to her and trying to stroke her neck and showing her that contact with you is a pleasant thing. If you are patient in time you will win her over. In time she will let you pet her more and get closer. I would not endanger yourself by getting in the stall until she comes up to you on her own and lets you near her. Or if your barn set up doesn't permit some contact without getting in the stall then open the stall door and talk to her from there.Under no circumstances put yourself in that stall with this horse until things change. Don't get excited if the foal comes and you haven't made any progress and go in the stall because you want to see the foal so bad because you could be killed. It is going to take a while to get this horses trust. If you can afford to it might be best to let a professional work with her. I don't know what it is about your question but it leaves me very worried for your safety. I do not have a good feeling about this at all for some reason. BE CAREFUL!

Answer 4

Well, my trainer has worked often with horses that nobody decided to touch after it was born. She ties them for a couple of hours in the stall and at random times, walk in and touch the horse all over. Yea, the horse freaks and tries to become one with the wall of the stall, but once she touches the horse and starts moving her hands all around the horse will freeze and just feel. My trainer will walk out to finish another task, then come back in say 15 minutes later and repeat. The horse always had a halter on with a short lead attached, about 1 foot in length. She'd use two ties in the stall so that if the horse freaked and broke one, he'd still be attached to another line. This also teaches him that even if he does break a tie, he'll still be tied and it won't become a habit.

After a month of this, the horse is now able to be caught in the pasture and he leads easily. He's still a bit skittish and won't greet anyone at his stall door usually, but he'll make an effort for a carrot. :) Training with him hasn't progressed overly much outside of ground work due to his young age.

Good luck and if at any time you feel over horsed, it's time to get professional help.

Answer 5

Hi, first of all, a trainer is a good idea. Trainers are professional handlers who will break the horse for anyone to ride, not just themselves. But unfortunatly they are very expensive, so if they are too pricey, i would suggust gettting a a experienced friend, a riding lesson instructor, anyone you know who can give you a hand. Your right on trying to get her to trust you b4 she foals, but be careful, mares are ornery when their pregnant. I would also advise getting the book A Good Horse is Never a Bad Color, its a VERY good book, which talks on horse gentiling.
You need to make a move now though, because if you wait too long, the mare will think shes in charge, and will be much harder to break. Good luck, and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask me!

Answer 6

You are obviously in way over your head. You need to call a trainer. You will not neccessarily have to haul her somewhere, there are trainers that will come to your home.
Your mare obviously is going to turn dangerous when she foals. Complications during birth are not that uncommon in horses - therein lies the reason many people like to be present or have cameras in foaling stalls while this happens. Imagine this scenario - your mare has complications, the foal needs medical attention, and you cannot get near either one of them.
Get over yourself, admit you need a trainer, and take the appropriate action. Ultimately you could be responsible for the death of one or both of these horses. If you can't afford a trainer, give her to someone that can.

Answer 7

My stepdad once bougt a colt we named Impressive. He was a little skittish when we tried to train him at first...but after a while he mellowed a lot. My stepdad rode him alot and i rode him everynow and then. He was a fast horse also and i would race against my friends all the time. Then one day when I went to our barn to feed him and the other horses i noticed none of them came running when they heard me pouring feed in the troughs. Turns out they jumped the fence and took off to a neighbors pasture. I rounded all of them up except Impressive cause he kept running off when I got near. When I finally was able to get a hold of him I noticed that he was limping when he wlaked. I looked at his back leg and there was a big gash 6 in long WAY deep in hi leg, close to the knee. I found out from a neighbor that he had jumped the fence while beein chased by some wild dogs. It took us months of cleanin and doctoring it with stuff before it got better. Regardless he was never the same. He was always skittish and when you rode him he always wanted to do his own thing. Almost bucked me off a couple of times.
Where I was going with this i can't remember but only advice i can give is be patient and keep trying to get her used to you. Eventually she will come around.

Answer 8

what you are doing is a great start. just continue to talk to her, and watch for signs that she likes to hear your voice. she will be accustomed to it, and want to hear it. that's good that she will eat from your hand. pet her muzzle if you can, and slowly move higher up around her head, and move to her neck. slowly, probably after a long time, you will get to touch her all over. but it does take time. if you don't already, put a radio in you barn so she is used to the sound of talking/music. horses like that. google parelli training techniques. they have very useful games to play with your horse to teach them to trust you. that will be extremely important when the mare foals. good luck, and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me. [e-mail] .

Answer 9

well depending on how old she is, since the older they get without training, the harder to train. with my experience, mares are usually the ones with more of an attitude. she might need to be sent off to a trainer after she weans her foal. if that dont work, then all she might be good for is a brood mare.

Answer 10

You need to send her for training if you want to do anything useful with her, even if she's just going to be kept as a brood mare.

It is extremely dangerous for anyone to be around a horse that has no ground manners and if you aren't qualified to handle it (doesn't sound like it), you need to get her to someone that can deal with it.