My dad had an accident on his horse and the horse had big gashes on his leg from it. Before this happend the horse would run up to us and absoulutly love us and want to be with us. Now my dad cant go near him and I can only go up to him if I am completley alone.
How can we fix this. We tried giving him treats and petting him whenever he comes but he is so scared.
The accident was 4 months ago
2007-11-22 15:10:55 · 8 answers · asked by mary lynn 2 in Pets ➔ Horses
Just take your time. Gain his full trust and respect, and then introduce your dad back into the picture. I would highly recommend a trainer or natural horsemanship, perhaps Parelli? Even if your not a strong believer in natrual horsemanship, give it a try. You and the horse will gain an incredible bond, and he will trust you completely. When you even just walks up to you, you know it's working, then it's time to re-intoduce your dad.
He is most likely thinking your dad is responsible for what happened to him. If you have access to a round pen or a smaller paddock, put the horse in their alone or with one-two other horses. Just have your dad sit by the gate, about 5 feet away from the fence, and put the horses hay/grain about 10 feet away from the fence, so he has to get near your dad (associating him with food) but not too close for comfort.
This is how I trained a wild mustang and it worked very well. However your situation should be easier, since YOU can get near the horse.
Don't rush the horse at all. If anything stresses him or scares him he may get worse, and be afraid of you too.
Good luck! It sounds like the horse was great! I hope you can get him back there.
2007-11-22 16:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by lj 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you guys riding this horse?
I wonder if its not fully healed up and/or still in pain.
Avoidance of being caught can signify pain when being ridden, so I would have the horse evaluated for that first.
Then just halter horse up, take for a light hand walk around the block, give it some treats, groom it, eventually it will come around, as long as its not in pain.
2007-11-23 05:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by Mulereiner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the Horse Whisperer movie.
2007-11-23 00:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by purplewaterhorse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you feel comfortable saying what kind of accident your horse and father were in? That helps greatly in the healing process. I will look back for added details.
2007-11-22 23:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by jreventer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sit in the pasture, on the ground. Talking isn't necessary. Horses are curious of things smaller than themselves. He'll walk up to you.
good luck
2007-11-23 07:25:38 · answer #5 · answered by reynwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this might sound crazy, but talk to the horse. let him know the accident was not his fault and you are sorry he was injured and its ok for him to be upset about it. you can also try giving him some rescue remedy.
2007-11-22 23:21:13 · answer #6 · answered by bob © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how terible, your dad should be really nice to the horse, so the horse gets a good asociation with him, like walk up to him with treets in his pocket, or something!
2007-11-22 23:42:19 · answer #7 · answered by Sprout☮ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What was the accident
2007-11-22 23:22:04 · answer #8 · answered by an awesome person 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋