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Our mare has always been a bit stropy and ill tempered and we tried an number of calmers on her with no real improvement . We even had problems tying her up outside the stable as she would spook at nothing. A month ago we tried her on hoddson & dorrell placid natural calmer ,touch wood she has...

Our Mare would be a pop diva , likes to get her own way , thinks she knows best , moody & temperamental lol but talented in her own way

our mare has shown similar traits to yours. She has to be in a field on her own as she kicked out at the other mares who got too close to her. She has jumped her fence in the past ( in was only about 3 ft high tape fence ) . She spooks at the most trivial things . a piece of paper blowing around...

I suppose being born in Scotland does qualify me as English being my first language lol. I assumed a smooth groom was some special brush you use on the horse , you will have to excuse me as I am new to the equine world and am just learning the lingo.

She does not like being tied up outside her stable , hay net is always in her stable. I now tie her up with the lung line opposite her own stable , she like being groomed. What is a soothing groom ? I sense that she does not like being left tied up while I muck out her stable. She seems very...

For the last 3 weeks our 12 year old mare will not tie up on the lead rein . She reared up a coupe of times for some reason . She seems to be scared of her own shadow at the moment . I now have to tie her up with a long lung line . It has helped a bit but I sence she is not 100% happy. She seems...

Not being a horsy person myself but I spend a fair amount of time down the yard helping my daughter with all the mucking out , filling water buckets , ankle deep in mud. One thing I have noticed is that the other owners do tend to be very fussy about their space for all their bits and pieces...

I hate my car carpet continually being covered in bits of hay & straw and all the other muck even when you think your shoes are clean

picking straw out of my socks when I get home

Sounds like a combination of lots of things , feed , excersize , routine. We did try magic for a time last year but not since August. I will seek advice from a good trainer and see how she gets on

I think routine could be the key as all animals including us humans thrive on routine. She does not like being first into the field as she looks for the other mares. And paces up and down waiting to be bought back in . Sometimes she may be the last one in due to mine & my daughters work, and...

I am going to ask one of the very experienced instructors at the yard to hear what he suggests,

She has been on calmer which was mixed wit her feed ,but never really noticed any change in her behaviour. She has not been on any for a few months now. She reared up the other day after I tried to tie her up and pulled so hard that she fell on her back legs and managed to loosen her front shoe...

I think her eyesight is OK. No grey areas in the eye area. Its just wired sometimes she can be relaxed and next she spooks. She clips , washes , shoes fine. She even spooks at cows in another field. My daughter has had her back / hips manipulated twice in the last 12 months , as the...

Hi , I am new to this forum and come to think of it new to horses. My daughter's horse is a 10 year old ISH and has always had nervous streak in her. Recently when tied up she just spooked for no apparent reason. Some times she can be calm , other days the opposite. Any advice or tips out there ?