Do your horses pick up each others habits

kerrieberry2

kerrieberry2

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I've had my rising 3 year old for a year and he really annoys me by kicking his bucket with his front foot.

in the last few days I've noticed my 28 year old doing the exact same thing! she's never done this before! naughty little mare!
 
Yes.

1. Last year in 1st week in March, Giant Fuzzy came to live at my yard - he weaves for the Olympic gold & also door bangs like a loon at feed times. Within a week of him arriving, Big Fuzzy (RIP) started door banging - had never ever done it before :mad:
Swiftly resolved by turning her out at night and then putting a chain across her doorway & leaving door pinned back when she was in the yard.

2. Whenever I turn up at the yard, Tiny Fuzzy beetles to the paddock gate from wherever she is truffle hunting :D & stares with a long hard Paddington stare at me :D in case it is tea/breakfast/hay time. HF now has picked this up & instead of carrying on grazing or eating hay, he strolls over to also keep an eye on me :D usually sucking one of TF's ears or a bit of mane :rolleyes:

TF is 33ins & HF is 16.1.....
 
Exact same thing with mine! Well a 9yr old copying my 4yr old kicling bucmets and haynets also noticed one of the foals copied the same 4yr old chewimg bark off the trees
 
Not a bad habit but... My oldie always pees in a bucket before her breakfast goes in and again before her dinner goes in. My younger girl has started copying this :)
 
Yes. A new horse who only 4 on my yard has taught my rising 3 year old how to paw. mainly at feed times. So annoying..
 
Yes, but its the young one copying the old well behaved one so its usually positive. Except for learning to untie leadropes, bolts, doors, gates etc.
 
haha they are little monkeys! I was worried I was making their food to hot and thats why she'd started doing it but I made it a lot cooler today and they both still done it!

I hope the boy will copy to old girl in other respects but maybe not the bolting! hehe!
 
One of mine never kicked the door......... until a got a livery in that kicked the door and you've guessed it, my boy started to kick the door.

Another livery runs her teeth along the flat side of the stable door at feed times, can you gues........... my boy ow also runs his teeth along the flat front of his stable door now.

Is it any wonder why I won't have weavers, cribbers etc on the yard!

And there are people who don't believe that horses copy one another!
 
at least its up to you who you have on the yard then! but that would really annoy me if my horse picked those things up!

who ever said you can't teach and old dog new tricks?? even if it is a blimmin annoying one!
 
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