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Ok, already posted on the stable yard for a feed question, so now heres to rule out the rest!

I have a 16.3hh wbx (hes a big lad) previously owned by a young girl and has never put a foot wrong, he comes to me and seems to become very insecure..
He arrived and got attached to a horse that left quite shortly after, then our big field got sectioned off into paddocks to stop fighting as we had 3 together and it didnt work.
Now, a new mare arrives and shes abit of a bully so after trying 4 of them (2Xgeld 2Xmares) together and more fighting we decide to section two mares together as both are ponies and have two separate paddocks next to each other for the geldings.

Everytime one of the mares was removed my boy would go mental (even though there were still two horses remaining out with him) so i moved his paddock further away from the mares and had the other gelding inbewteen.. now its made things better, however now he has become spooky, flightly and almost off the walls? I dont understand, he bucked me off the other day quite nastily because i wouldnt let him walk infront- hes never done this before!
Hes starting to scare me and its having a negative affect on our new relationship (ive had him 5 months)

Hes such a darling when hes in his stable, all content but im coming to my end of what i can possibly do to try and calm him down? Help, i dont know!
 
sounds to me like he's maybe a bit of an insecure horse anyway and moving to a new place, getting attached to another horse that soon left, then new horses coming that muddled up the hierachy and left your horse feeling all over the place!! Maybe get some advice from a behaviourist about the best way to settle him down whilst he's out in the field would be best. If your reluctant to do this, it just may take a while for him to settle down. He's had a lot to deal with in the last 5 months and some horses just take it all in their stride, whereas others take ages to settle into a routine.
 
I wouldnt call him the trouble maker, but when they were all in together if any of the other horses needed to be taken out (for work or whatever) espec the mares he'd go crazy and stand by the gate not allowing you to pass with the horses and then he'd gallop off and they'd all follow causing mayhem- then if you managed to get them out hed pace the fence calling for a while until he finally realised they werent coming straight back and he'd go and eat, but hed get himself into such a state hes literally dripping in white sweat?!

Not forgetting, there were normally 2 or at least one other horse still in the field- hes never ever been left alone.
 
It didnt seem to, he seemed happier when the gelding was removed leaving him with the two mares- but a prime example.. today the other gelding escaped making mine quite upset (just because the other gelding was running around the outside of the paddock) anyway, then the other gelding was put back in his paddock and around 20 mins later he was taken in which made mine go mental- even though he still had the two mares in close proximity?
 
horses like stable groups and to know where they stand and their role in it.but you dont have to change. sounds like he just needs time to get used to the way things are going to be
 
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