Aggressive young horse

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mollyanne91

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I purchased a 5yo connemara gelding 5 months ago. The horse i viewed was calm and amazing to ride. As soon as I got him home he was a different horse. It started with his aggressive behaviour in the stable, he would turn his bum on me when i tried to put a headcolar on him. If i go up to his stable door he will come straight over ears pinned and start lunging. Some how he has never bitten me, but is constantly making threats. He was also bucking when I rode him so I had his teeth and back done and had a vet out to give a thorough examination within the first month.The bucking quickly stopped but his aggressive behaviour continues. Some days he is better then others. He is ridiculously strong and doesnt have a problem walking straight through anyone (male or female) he especially doesnt like men. In the past few weeks when he tries to bite me and i tell him off he throws a complete paddy, ears pinned dances and swishes tail. I have a equine behaviorist coming out next week, but in the back of my mind I do feel his issues are way past my capability to correct. I just wanted some advice or to see if anyone else had experiences like mine. His behavior is getting out of control, he wont let other people catch him in his stable he will just keep swinging his bum round. He is turned out everyday, ridden 4 times a week and isnt on any heating food.
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He sounds like he is constantly testing boundaries and hasn't been shown how to have respect for others by the way you describe his bolshiness in pushing others aside and barging past.

I am so glad you are consulting a behaviourist. I think pesonally that the horse is insecure and best line of offence to someone or something that is insecure is attack. You have to deal with this type of horse firmly but ultimately fairly. If you let them down once they will find it hard to forgive, but repeatedly letting them down by making bad decisions in the way you handle them, and they will be very hard to deal with.

I wish you good luck. He will be worth it at the age of five if you and the behaviourist can turn him around. Don't expect miracles overnight, he may take a while to convert, but what a day it will be for you when that horse finally greets you with a whinny and rests his head on your shoulder.

It will come, one day. Believe me, this is what I went through with my previous horse. . At first we hated the sight of each other, I would dread seeing him after work and he would dread me turning up. Eventually he would have his head over the door waiting for me and I looked forward to the end of work so I could go and visit him.

And then life took a cruel twist and I lost him June 4th 2004 and rarely a week goes by when I don't think of him. Trust me and believe me when I say you will get your lovely horse back again.
 
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