2 legged horse

[kerrieberry2]

I swear my silly little boy things he's a human, he spends half of his life on two legs and its annoying me now!

I simply got my mare out of the field tonight to groom her! he stood at the fence 10 feet away and waited for us! occassionly pawing at the fence!

Then crowed the gate when I tired to put her back, so I got him to back up! got her in then he came over rearing up at her! he reared and came down with one foot resting on the top of the gate! then came free, reared up again, and rested a foot on her bump! eventually I managed to get her head collar off and they went like loons around the field!

I don't understand why he responds to any little bit of stress with a rear! if you've read any other post of mine, he does this a lot! he's rising 3 and is pretty much left to be a baby but does come in for grooms, farrier etc and I do some ground work but not too much! so i doubt he's in any kind of pain, but I wonder if i should get his back etc checked just in case?

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Does your mare tell him off when he rears up at her?

My grey used to rear all the time when she was younger but she got put in her place by the other horses and I always sent her forwards if she tried to rear when I was leading her. She will rear when she plays with my gelding (he's rising three like yours ) but she knows not to do it with me or the older mare.

 

[kerrieberry2]

I've not actually seen him do it at her before He normally does it in hand if the others are calling him. I can't recall if she told him off as I was to busy trying to get her head collar off. She is very bossy normally and shoes him off food but he soon comes back to the food. He doesn't seem too bothered about being told off

I can't have him out with the other mare now as she's kicked him s few times and really hurt him.

He's quite difficult to disaplin as he's not really bothered and tends to go into battle rather than backing down. So I've recently swapped to a dually and long rope which is very helpful.

Hope it's just becauses he's young and isn't in pain or anything

 

[Meowy Catkin]

The long rope is perfect. Send him quickly forwards mini-lunge style if he *thinks* about rearing (my girl used to pause before she went up so I learnt to react quickly to the pause) as they can't rear and trot at the same time.