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I am sorry if I misunderstood but you do say here you give him a little pat? I did not mean to make you feel rubbish at all I am sorry...

Sorry, no, I can see that it read like that but he's asked to step back before being fed. After 6 months of no problem/no aggression at...

Not 100% clear on your original post but was the food already on the floor when you asked him to step back (ie temptingly within reach...

I didn't pat him today and I don't ever 'mess around'. Ozzy is asked to step back, he's been happily doing this, he gets his feed, he...

Yes I had a mare that was aggressive, especially over food. From your post you put his food down then told him to go back? I suspect...

Its not ideal but he did warn you. You had given him his food and then ignored his warning to leave him alone. Its his food you...

Ah 😳. Now I would not keep a horse on who went out of his way to do that.

Not as bad as Ozzys. We had a smaller pony that was a rescue and we knew he had been starved. He came from a herd of neglected horses...

I understand why you used it, especially as it’s worked with your other horses. I think the issue is doing it sometimes and not others...

No, we always feed them from the other side of the fence. He had to lurch forward some distance to get me. It wasn't just that it was...

Have you been standing in the field with him loose when you are feeding him? I would never feed any horse if I was in the field with...

In all honesty I’d have quite possibly done the same as you and ended up getting bitten too. Difficult to say as I didn’t observe the...

Once we'd established the request for 'step back' we were using it in a variety of situations and it was working really well. It's...

I’m really sorry this happened, it must have been very shocking and frightening, especially when it came so out of the blue for you. I’m...

Good advice, which I will heed. But I'm still a little shocked at the aggression. Has anyone else been through this sort of thing and...