A bit of an odd problem

madhector

madhector

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Moved the boys into their summer field last night, and as there is so much grass in there I was a bit worried about Hector and his laminitus (he had it last year we think due to a combination of grass and corrective shoeing, as he has never had it before and was quite poor at the time) so have decided to invest in a greenguard muzzle till the grass has been eaten down a bit, so in the meantime I put a normal grazing muzzle on with the hole cut bigger, and left them to it.

Went to get them this morning and Jerry has been attacking Hector, he has bitten him all over and pulled the tail flap of his rug, now normally Hector would quickly bite him back and put him in his place, but obviously with the muzzle on he cant(he cant kick very well as he has a dodgy pelvis)

They are both fine, but Jerry is becoming a little too sure of himself as Hector is no longer able to tell him who is in charge. I am a little worried that Jerry will become very bossy, as leading him in he already felt more dominant. He is only young and I think he needs Hector to boss him about a bit to keep him sweet
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would really appreciate your thoughts on this one
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I'm glad Im not the only one with this problem. Will' has to wear a bucket muzzle depending on how much grass is around and I have to be careful who he goes out with.

I think horses express a lot witht their face and lips and cant pull faces/bite with a muzzle on, can you split them?
 
hi, yeh it dont take long do it, hes probably gaining to much confidence i think , watch out he will prob test u too. maybe cut the grass and sweep up and take muzzle off, or put up electric fencing between them, about cutting the grass some people will have mixed views, other than that u will have to kick ass.....
 
Can you section the field off with electric fencing and only allow them a small amount at a time, but still keep them together? I think you're right that Hector needs to be able to tell Jerry what for!
 
Thats very difficult, I can see that Hector needs to maintain his dominant position to keep Jerry in order, but cant with his muzzle on. Its amazing how quickly their hierarchy can change in a 'herd' so I think Hector needs to put him in his place soon. I agree with the idea of fencing them into a smallish area so that you can remove the muzzle OR why not put a muzzle on Jerry for a while as well. It would even things up.
 
It isnt that big a field anyway, but I think even a small area of it unchecked might be too much, if he gets lami again I dont know what we will do with him, as he has far too many problems aside from that.

Think I will keep them apart till the grass has gone down abit, and then he can maybe go out with him every few days without a muzzle on and put him in his place
 
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