Mosh
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My mares routine for the summer is out at night and in, in the day.
Today was like any normal day, on the yard before 8am to fetch in and she was waiting at the gate as normal. She was calm and dozing. Caught her and began walking down the drive when she saw 2 horses leave for a hack. This is a common occurrence and it happens 5 or 6 times a week. The horses she saw leaving are not her friends and one of them she never met. She grew and started jogging and neighing.
I managed to settle her enough to get her to her stable, took her rug off and picked her feet and she then promptly did 3 poo's. She was box walking which I have never seen her do and was threatening to rear.
I stood on the outside of the door and monitored and she did not settle and started trying to bite me and head but me which she has never done in the 8 years of having her.
She can be very inpatient when waiting for her breakfast but never this extreme. I went back into her stable and gave her, her breakfast but she wouldn't touch it and the behaviour continued.
After 10 minutes she was still very unhappy amd nobody else was in her stable block. Again, not normally an issue and she doesn't mind being on her own in the stables.
I decided to turn her out as she wasn't settled and there are horses out 24/7. As I opened the door to go back in she barged past me and over the top of me and sent me to the floor and she promptly legged it. She cantered all over the yard and was caught 5 minutes later using treats and cornered by me and my partner. I turned her out but on the drive she was jogging, going sideways (beautiful leg yield and half pass!) And was generally very difficult where as normally she is excellent to handle.
I turned her out and she was unsettled but better and was monitored for an hour and I've just bought her back in and she was her usual self, couldn't wait to get in her stable and tucking into her breakfast.
I can't see any bites/stings and there was no buzzy things I could see or hear.
She is 29 and this behaviour is so out of character for her. She is very kind and gentle and always good to lead so I'm a bit baffled.
I have now protocols in place that for the next few days I'm the only one going in the stable with her whilst we figure out what that was about!
Today was like any normal day, on the yard before 8am to fetch in and she was waiting at the gate as normal. She was calm and dozing. Caught her and began walking down the drive when she saw 2 horses leave for a hack. This is a common occurrence and it happens 5 or 6 times a week. The horses she saw leaving are not her friends and one of them she never met. She grew and started jogging and neighing.
I managed to settle her enough to get her to her stable, took her rug off and picked her feet and she then promptly did 3 poo's. She was box walking which I have never seen her do and was threatening to rear.
I stood on the outside of the door and monitored and she did not settle and started trying to bite me and head but me which she has never done in the 8 years of having her.
She can be very inpatient when waiting for her breakfast but never this extreme. I went back into her stable and gave her, her breakfast but she wouldn't touch it and the behaviour continued.
After 10 minutes she was still very unhappy amd nobody else was in her stable block. Again, not normally an issue and she doesn't mind being on her own in the stables.
I decided to turn her out as she wasn't settled and there are horses out 24/7. As I opened the door to go back in she barged past me and over the top of me and sent me to the floor and she promptly legged it. She cantered all over the yard and was caught 5 minutes later using treats and cornered by me and my partner. I turned her out but on the drive she was jogging, going sideways (beautiful leg yield and half pass!) And was generally very difficult where as normally she is excellent to handle.
I turned her out and she was unsettled but better and was monitored for an hour and I've just bought her back in and she was her usual self, couldn't wait to get in her stable and tucking into her breakfast.
I can't see any bites/stings and there was no buzzy things I could see or hear.
She is 29 and this behaviour is so out of character for her. She is very kind and gentle and always good to lead so I'm a bit baffled.
I have now protocols in place that for the next few days I'm the only one going in the stable with her whilst we figure out what that was about!
for many years he never had a rug on all year round but he needs it now and breaks out of his pen and stands by the gate to come in if he’s not suitably attired 
Someone had a sense of humour naming a ginger welshy Angel 
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she has amused everybody for the next few days.