Anyone else find that at times, their horses resemble over-excited toddlers?

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Hacking out today, it felt like I was in the middle of a nursery! We had:
- NF mare biting the bottom of daughter’s pony to get her to go faster;
- little new Welsh A bouncing and showing off behind daughter’s pony when said lovely mini cob’s risk assessment declared the ground still a little wet for her liking and ruled trot only. She was practically shouting ‘ME! ME! I’ll canter for you! Look! Look, I’m doing it now! Ride me instead! Meeee!’ (she was on the lead as is only ridden every other day but always likes to come with us);
- Son’s pony throwing a mini moment about the fact that I went back for another canter without him (not fair!!!);
- Body slamming to get other ponies out of the way by darling NF mare who had run out of patience and other ponies kept going on HER bit of track!

Was generally a slightly over exuberant experience!

Anyone else?
 
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Ha! Yes.

Today, me and friend hacked out and ponies decided that cantering home was the way forward.

They just tanked off on the road, there was no stopping them. I decided that we'd take the back lanes home after that initial experience, because I didn't fancy being out on the roads with them in that mood.

As soon as we hit the lanes, they were off again! ??‍♀️
 
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Cortez said:
No, because I train my horses to have some manners and behave like yobs.
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Yesterday, baby 3 year old and recently backed 5 year old took both my kids out and behaved perfectly (for 3 year old’s first mini hack with an actual canter), under supervision of NF mare who was also patience personified.

Today, the sun was shining and they were all in a slightly mischievous mood. It was a delight to see the 3yo who had arrived a month ago scared of other ponies (and with a hair trigger panic reaction) being relaxed and happy, interacting with the others and playing. I don’t know if NF mare’s antics were designed to encourage that, but she’s generally pretty amazing with them all - will calm the whole ride if there’s something really scary (like a herd of cows galloping back and forth along the fence line). Today they let out their baby moments, but even so no riders were disobeyed in the event.
 
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My pony (and many others) are quite capable of retaining their manners and still letting cheeky character sparkle through. I love a bit of character in a partner personally but the world would be dull if we all liked the same and expected the same from our horses :)
 
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Not ridden thankfully but the young boy cob has been resoundingly told off by my older mares this week. He barged past one at the gate, shot past the other to the hay and I swear I saw them raise their eyebrows.

Must have worked. We met a neighbours highly strung mare on the road today who went past fluttering her eyelashes with her tail wiggling in his direction. Instead of growing to 19h and snorting like a stallion he stood in the gateway like butter wouldn't melt. I think he's been put on the naughty step.
 
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Charlie and Bon quite like each other. Except when I lead them in together- they lead like good boys but whenever they're behind me they scowl and grump at each other because they apparently both think I'm exclusively their slave and they can't possibly share me ?
 
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My ponies (one a small horse) are 25 and 16 respectively. they are good, quiet, love their grub and stay behind electric fencing, they have excellent manners and i appreciate how they are respectful of my old self. however, the other day in the wind and drizzle they set each other off! It started because i moved a fence post so a race round the track began and then went on and on and on! Older mare does spring lamb leaps and full out galloping round the corners, 16 yr old more solid type was leaping in the air and really bucking. The noise of the hooves, the splattering of the mud, the high blowing when they would dash into the yard for a moments break, it was real high excitement. I am so pleased they feel they can do this. I have been replacing divots ever since!
 
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One of mine has been so wired since the hunt were around on Tuesday he gets himself in a right state, it probably didn't help that was clipped the Friday before and his always a bit wild after a clip, my hack was interesting on Friday he was literally bouncing along and being quite naughty and should really know better at 18.
 
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I've been temporarily working extra hours so my boy has had half his usual exercise.

He LOVES hacking anyway and always bounces out of the gate feeling very jolly indeed.

Hacked him out on Wednesday and he was wired to the moon! He's very polite and usually responds to my plea to 'for the love of God slow down!' with good grace. That day though, oh my goodness.. we had head tossing and foot stamping and when I put my leg on after he'd stopped to stare at a sheep (and somehow managed to cause a sheep stampede!) he put in a tiny buck of protest.

Obviously we had a discussion about his behaviour and he quickly returned to his usual saintly self.

Rethinking my plans to clip him given how fresh he is at the moment!! ?
 
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J&S said:
My ponies (one a small horse) are 25 and 16 respectively. they are good, quiet, love their grub and stay behind electric fencing, they have excellent manners and i appreciate how they are respectful of my old self. however, the other day in the wind and drizzle they set each other off! It started because i moved a fence post so a race round the track began and then went on and on and on! Older mare does spring lamb leaps and full out galloping round the corners, 16 yr old more solid type was leaping in the air and really bucking. The noise of the hooves, the splattering of the mud, the high blowing when they would dash into the yard for a moments break, it was real high excitement. I am so pleased they feel they can do this. I have been replacing divots ever since!
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Replacing each divot cements the memory in your mind even more. I certainly wouldn't mind that!
 
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Old Horse regularly forgets his elderly (>30) status. Blares round his exquisite acres of turf, screaming at his even more venerable ex-racehorse girlfriend in the next-door exquisite acres of turf. She starts screaming back and hurtles up and down. Both do alarming handbrake turns at each end. YO threatens shotguns at dawn. OH and GF scream Rude Words and continue. YO goes indoors for a restorative cuppa. Comes out 15 minutes later to find all horses grazing quietly. Divot duty required by me.
 
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Gloi said:
I bought mine a treat ball for in his stable and he cracks me up. He's crazy with it jumping up and down like an excited puppy. No quiet nudging it about from him ?. No idea how long it will last before he breaks it.
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They are quite hardy things lol ? BB has one for the field, never the stable cause he would churn the hell out his bed lol, he is bad enough ?
 
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