kateandluelue
Well-Known Member
So i have 2 ex broodmares. One is extremely loving and social, overly loves other horses (too much this can be a problem with separation anxiety)! and is generally lovely to all things great and small.
The other is vile to other horses, will just about tollerate sharing a field and at every opportunity will throw faces and ears back and shoo away other horses within a 10 metre radius. Anyway this is never a problem, in the summer they graze together and in the winter they are separate as would squabble over hay.
Anyway every so often i have to pop them on the same field just for a few hours which is never a problem. Today i did that, there was no problems then they started running about in the field excited by something, no problems and it was lovely to watch them.Then out of no where my mean ex broodie attacked my friendly one, It was more than just a nip and a kick it was a primal attack that lasted about 5-10 min and there was nothing i could do to stop her, she chased my friendly broodmare flat out continuously until she was so exhausted she couldn't run (very unfit) bit her repeatedly and tried to kick her. It was nothing i had seen before, i ran over with a bucket of feet to try and stop the meanie horsie however she didnt even so much as twitch her ear in my direction. She only stopped when she tripped and then almost snapped out of it.
its really shaken me up and my friendly mare was quivering when i got to her. No damage done and im not concerned about keeping them separate for life however i am concerned about just how aggressive this was. My meanie was literally out for blood and i dont think it was normal?
Anyone else experienced this type of aggression.
The other is vile to other horses, will just about tollerate sharing a field and at every opportunity will throw faces and ears back and shoo away other horses within a 10 metre radius. Anyway this is never a problem, in the summer they graze together and in the winter they are separate as would squabble over hay.
Anyway every so often i have to pop them on the same field just for a few hours which is never a problem. Today i did that, there was no problems then they started running about in the field excited by something, no problems and it was lovely to watch them.Then out of no where my mean ex broodie attacked my friendly one, It was more than just a nip and a kick it was a primal attack that lasted about 5-10 min and there was nothing i could do to stop her, she chased my friendly broodmare flat out continuously until she was so exhausted she couldn't run (very unfit) bit her repeatedly and tried to kick her. It was nothing i had seen before, i ran over with a bucket of feet to try and stop the meanie horsie however she didnt even so much as twitch her ear in my direction. She only stopped when she tripped and then almost snapped out of it.
its really shaken me up and my friendly mare was quivering when i got to her. No damage done and im not concerned about keeping them separate for life however i am concerned about just how aggressive this was. My meanie was literally out for blood and i dont think it was normal?
Anyone else experienced this type of aggression.