A bit of trouble

[sian_x101]

i'm having a bit of trouble with a girl on my yard
Her and i both have two foals the same age and share a field on a livery yard.
Now the problem is that hers is being difficult to catch and she believes the only way of resolving this is to stable him at night (why i don't know

). this has left me with a very upset little colt who up until now he's been good.
However now shes putting hers away its left mine very stressy and i'm just am not sure what to do

There's one other field with two horses in which he's next to but it has a mare in and so understandable i cannot put mine in there with them.
Does anyone know of any ideas of how i can reduce him stressing... its a situation that i don't really know how to handle as this girl does not really care that it is upsetting both horses

 

[kerilli]

how old is your colt? can't you find something else to run in with him/them? there isn't really another answer imho, they're very needy at that age and the herd instinct is amazingly strong. if he's being left on his own, i'm amazed he hasn't gone through the fence already tbh.
otherwise, is he old enough to cut? could you bring that forward and then stick him in with the others, perhaps?

 

[sian_x101]

he's 10 months too young to leave him on his own i agree
And he's not dropped yet so thats out the question until he does :S
I was thinking about a summer loan if someone wanted their young one to be a companion but i don't even know if this exsists

 

[YorkshireLass]

Tell her in a nice way, that imprisoning her foal in a stable, away from his pal, is going to have precicely the opposite effect. He will be harder to catch if he simply associates catching with being caged. Why would he want to be caught if that is all he has to look forward to?

If she catches him, brings him in, gives him a handful of food in a bucket. Gives him a nice groom and then turns him back out the problem will go away. He will want to be caught because it means lovley things.. grooming and food!

 

[Skhosu]

i am shocked anyone thinks it is your business to tell this girl what to do. At the end of the day its her horse, and I can see where she is coming from with the stabling (routine) .
Its you who needs to sort out your horse and not worry about hers, you may need to bring yours in or just let him get used to being alone at night!

 

[sian_x101]

I know that he is her horse and that is why i'm not going to tell her what to do.
But i do think by stabling him is the wrong way to go about putting him into a routine especially as he is only young. He should in my opinion be running round the field enjoying growing up and that is why i want mine staying out and not being cooped up in a stable. As for being alone at night it is quiet scary for a young horse to do and they usually panick.

 

[Maesfen]

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i am shocked anyone thinks it is your business to tell this girl what to do. At the end of the day its her horse, and I can see where she is coming from with the stabling (routine) .
Its you who needs to sort out your horse and not worry about hers, you may need to bring yours in or just let him get used to being alone at night!

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If it was an older horse I would agree with you but these are foals and it was IMHO, very unfair to decide that arrangement without making sure the owner of the other one was able to sort her own out; it was incredibly unfair to expect a foal of that age to be on its own, they need company at that age.