nicolenlolly
Well-Known Member
I am completely at a loss as to what to do with my daughters' ponies. We have a 13.1, 9 year old sec c mare and a 19 year old irish 12.2 mixed breed gelding (the one in my pic). He has always been nicknamed eeyore as he always seems a little morose however he is literally worth his weight in gold, the perfect first pony for my 5 year old and will take her all the way through to jumping 75 and hunting, a complete poppet with people, just not that bothered about having other equine friends.
We had to turn them all away for a few weeks in November, she came home but he was left there with my other horse and another pony for 6 months. When we brought him home in May, he was completely in love with the mare (we have had her for 2 years and him for 3 so they know each other) they were fab and life was easy.
Then suddenly 2 weeks ago, his life mission is to kill her. He has totalled his stable and when we tried to go out on Sunday to a show with them, he double barrelled the trailer repeatedly whilst we were driving along! We came straight home but his legs are a mess and he is lame
What on earth do I do? she is not really mareish at all, he is the squealing, nipping, b@st@rd but she has just sprouted a canine and from what I have read up on this therefore she might have a little testosterone going on? I am at a loss, I have to literally make sure that they have food all of the time as otherwise he starts on her.
Hubby is going to build some sort of insert for the stable so they can't see each other through the partition tomorrow which hopefully will help but the girls have pony club coming up in the hols and I feel awful saying only one can go at a time and long term it isn't really a solution.
Is there a supplement that someone thinks might help? Any advice greatly appreciated xx
We had to turn them all away for a few weeks in November, she came home but he was left there with my other horse and another pony for 6 months. When we brought him home in May, he was completely in love with the mare (we have had her for 2 years and him for 3 so they know each other) they were fab and life was easy.
Then suddenly 2 weeks ago, his life mission is to kill her. He has totalled his stable and when we tried to go out on Sunday to a show with them, he double barrelled the trailer repeatedly whilst we were driving along! We came straight home but his legs are a mess and he is lame
What on earth do I do? she is not really mareish at all, he is the squealing, nipping, b@st@rd but she has just sprouted a canine and from what I have read up on this therefore she might have a little testosterone going on? I am at a loss, I have to literally make sure that they have food all of the time as otherwise he starts on her.
Hubby is going to build some sort of insert for the stable so they can't see each other through the partition tomorrow which hopefully will help but the girls have pony club coming up in the hols and I feel awful saying only one can go at a time and long term it isn't really a solution.
Is there a supplement that someone thinks might help? Any advice greatly appreciated xx