Does your horse come to call? (And a minor rant about Houdinis!)

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Mine does unless it's a lovely sunny day and the grass is nice :rolleyes3: If he's taking too long, I can turn away and he'll gallop after me in a panic.

His latest trick is to escape the field onto the footpath alongside then come galloping when he hears me (god help any ramblers! :eek3:) and stand shouting at the stile. He then has to be backed up for many yards til he can jump the ditch. Blinking trauma he is at the minute.
 
Both mine do - the little one comes running and will squeal if I start walking away, the big one just meanders!
 
henry always did no matter the weather, when I had my own land on a steep hill he also learnt to come to the sound of the car horn...rain or shine even if he galloped down to say hi and bog off he always came... more faith full than all men was that horse.
 
He does if he wants something! Otherwise he just looks at me and then carries on grazing!

I also have a Houdini! Although a bloomin good energizer and battery help keep him where he should be!
 
Yes through out the winter! Will also chase field mate away to be caught first or sulk if her head collar doesn't go on first bless her:D
 
Mine's a massive wuss at the gate although to be fair, the 18hh school gelding was taking no prisoners yesterday and was coming in first no matter what! If I don't give mine a treat, he won't give me his head, bad habit, all my fault, I know. :redface3:
 
Boyo does in the winter - he'll whinny and trot to the gate. Variable in summer but so far *touch wood* he's never been a ****** to catch, as he always gets a haynet when he comes in, and isn't only brought in for work, sometimes its just a groom and a fettle, sometimes its bucket, or farrier, and sometimes it's work :)
 
Ours all do at 'comng in' time, three of the four will stand at the gate when they know that the stable doors are open. The fourth, the three year old Appy, has taken to standing with the new pony next door (he lives in the next field), until I call her, when she then comes running. We are really pleased as we were told she was difficult to catch :)
 
Yes, although a lot slower in summer! As soon as I get out the car to unlock the barrier halfway down the track I hear him whinney and he makes his way up the field! My young one also comes to call as he's so excited that you're going to pay him some attention :biggrin3: but also the fact that he follows my older horse around like he's in love haha.
 
The pony has 'selective hearing' but will come most of the time. Gelding carries to eat regardless of how loudly you call him, then looks surprised when you finally get to him with a headcollar as if to say "oh! you wanted me??"
Mare comes running over and waits for me whenever she sees me (which is lovely!) - twice she has copied the gelding and pretended not to be caught, by running away with her tail in the air, but the second I turn away she comes zooming back in a panic.
 
No, mare will raise head as you stand hollering her name, then will watch as you trudge all the way over to bring her in.

Apart from in the depths of winter and it's feedtime, then she's waiting by the gate whinnying her head off!
 
She brings herself in at the moment I've been told :p along with the others if she takes the fencing down with her :rolleyes:

She's a nightmare!
 
Charmin said:
No, mare will raise head as you stand hollering her name, then will watch as you trudge all the way over to bring her in.

Apart from in the depths of winter and it's feedtime, then she's waiting by the gate whinnying her head off!
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This exactly the same! I think mine is due to her mate being out and while they are both out she is happy. But if said mate has been brought in earlier then mine will be at the gate waiting. However the friend is always last out so I am always traipsing across the field to collect my girly who is standing watching me - grr!
 
Mine do, tho if they are up in the top fields I then whistle when I arrive & they will saunter to the gate to meet me.
Currently after work in the dark, there is an orderly bus queue of 2, with TF giving me a 'hard paddington stare' when the head torch goes in her direction, owing that she has NOT been able to share FLF's hay during the day & would I PLEASE hurry up so she can have her dinner (of 6 pony nuts on a desert spoonful of hi-fi lite) :biggrin3:
 
Yes, pretty much always. Especially right now with all this foul weather/no grass. He is always worked in the mornings, so coming in, for him, means DINNER and a haynet stuffed to bursting so he is always calls when he sees me coming and makes his way to the gate.

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cinnamontoast said:
Mine does unless it's a lovely sunny day and the grass is nice :rolleyes3: If he's taking too long, I can turn away and he'll gallop after me in a panic.
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I call one and they all come galloping. If they are feeling lazy I call once and then employ the walkaway tactic. It works every time. (I also use this with my toddler!)

The only problem is that when I call one, then 5 are waiting at the gate (plus 2 goats) so it can be a bit tricky to get the one I want in on his own. So life is easier if I herd them all into their stables when I want to ride etc.

Luckily I havent had an escape artist in a while. I had 2 escape artists that used to lead a 3rd astray, but I sold the 2 ring leaders so the 3rd guy isn't as adventurous on his own. There were a few "interesting" moments in the past when I realised they were galloping around the neighboring forestry tracks past all the hillwalkers. And when I sent one off to be broken in, I GENUINELY forgot to mention his escape habit. When I went to pick him up 6 weeks later the girl who broke him in said he had basically lived in the neighbouring forest with his new buddies for the past 6 weeks. (She still managed to do an amazing job breaking him in. She just gave up trying to contain him, and he led a bunch of others astray. As she was in a VERY isolated place is wasn't as dangerous as it sounds)
 
Mine does too and like a few others, if I can't be bothered to traipse across the field to catch him I can just start walking away and he very quickly appears at the gate!
 
Oh yes. As soon as he sees my pick up drive down the farm road. He gives me a few minutes to get to the field then he stands at the gate neighing.

In winter at coming in time he is always at the gate waiting patiently again when he sees the car he starts neighing.
 
All mine come for a whistle (if they're a long way away, 20 plus acre fields) or a shout in one of the smaller fields or paddocks. Only problem I find is that the cattle also come for the whistle or shout!!!!
 
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