Agressive at feeding ( with people)

[Taboo1968]

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ovidius
Mines a tb too I wondered if he was treated badly at the racing yard or was hungry at times but hes lovely to handle in every other aspect.I do the same thing and he doesnt feel threatend any more

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Forgot to mention that mine happens to be rather sensitive skinned and we get the faces when grooming as well as when taking off or putting on rugs! Is yours the same?

 

[Seahorse]

My pony used to be like this, he was starved as a youngster tho

I posted about it on here and someone said to put the feed on the floor, not in a bucket as then they don't have something to guard, and they become less agressive. I tried that and it worked he was like a different pony. Then he went out on loan and the girl that had him could brush him and do stuff and he would be fine

 

[JM07]

I am sure parelli would have a solution to this problem.






PMSL..............................................

 

[cellie]

Forgot to mention that mine happens to be rather sensitive skinned and we get the faces when grooming as well as when taking off or putting on rugs! Is yours the same?

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Yes with rugs and saddle but not gromming he loves his mane being pulled.The saddle faces might improve with work hes been off a while for surgery.

 

[Pidge]

Jade, haven't read all the replies but here's my experience with Pidge.
You can do anything with him whatsoever as long as there is no food around when he turns really grumpy

He pulls faces at humans and other horses if he's eating his food. I have kept to the same routine everytime he's fed - tied up outside box and put food in box and then put him in his box. It's coming up for 3 years since I got him and I can now go in the box with him and tat around if necessary - he still grumps at me but is shed loads better than when I first got him. He will even ignore me if I'm sweeping outside the box as he has got used to me and now my sis too.
I really don't think I'll ever cure this with him though to be honest. People are all made aware that he is grumpy when food is around so to stay away from him.
Have just kept to the same routine so he knows he when he is getting his food and that it is never taken away from him.

 

[deicinmerlyn]

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I am sure parelli would have a solution to this problem.






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Ridiculous - For goodness sake!

 

[JadeWisc]

I would reay like to thank everyone again for all of the advice and experiences. There are for sure several thoughts and ideas here for me to go forward with.

 

[Tia]

My motto is, and always has been; NEVER ignore horse behaviour. Good behaviour is rewarded, bad behaviour is not tolerated.

The handler is supposed to be the leader of the herd, if a horse shows you disrespect then you are placing yourself (and others) in a vulnerable position, with the potential to being seriously hurt.

It is not acceptable for a horse to be aggressive towards any human and this behaviour shouldn't be allowed to continue. The horse should be taught to wait until you say it is okay for it to eat .... not when he decides it's time.

By all means laugh at some of the suggestions on this thread, perhaps the people don't have a way with words, however some of their suggestions aren't so far off the mark as you may have initially thought. As you know, I have 40-odd horses here; dealing with this many horses on an intimate and daily basis, I cannot allow ANY horse to be higher up the pecking order than myself; I ask for respect from all of the animsls living here and I am given it eventually because I send out clear messages to them.