Does your horse have a funny habit?

[Black_Horse_White]

Mine last horse used to rear on the gate of the field and just stand there like a big dog. Thomas who I have now puts his front leg over his lead rope and stands there with his leg held up. I tie him shorter he still manages to do it. He doesn't panic its as if he does it to get my attention.

 

[Mare Stare]

Doris always stands on 3 legs to eat out of a bucket. She always tucks one of her forelegs up. Not sure why. lol.

 

[hobgoblin]

Mine lifts up his near fore and looks at it when he's feeling stressed and likes biteing my bottom!

 

[hobgoblin]

Oh and I forgot he chucks his manger over the door when I go out to feed him in the mornings!!! Very cheeky

 

[Cedars]

My boyfriend's horse turns the outside light on that is outside his stable. Normally when he's bored or hungry - its always on if we get there a bit late in the mornings! But the other day I was cuddling my youngster and he turned it on...cheeky sod.

 

[Waffles]

I've got one of those folding saddle racks outside my stable. If I leave the saddle on there, my horse will knock it off, so I put the saddle on the mounting block a few feet away where he can't get it. He'll spend ages playing with the rack and putting it in the usable position, then play with it to put it down again. I've tried videoing him doing this, but everytime I get my phone out of my pocket, he thinks it's going to be a carrot and stops playing with the rack!

He doesn't like me standing talking to people and will give me a playful nip as if to say "Shut up mum! Come on!"

 

[springer1021]

Loads

Horse 1.
The automatic water system isn't working at the moment so she likes to take the plug out. I have to put a salt lick in, in case the plumber comes as there'll be water every where.

Likes to play with her rope.

If you don't tie her up she takes her Hi Viz spats off when you aren't looking, only the front though, she hasn't managed it with the back yet

The latest one which started this week - is managing to empty her water bucket without knocking it over, I think she's putting her head in and flicking it out!

Horse 2
If you leave anything on her stable door she throws it off.

If you leave anything on the hook outside her door that gets chucked off too.

Stands on three legs for a treat.

When she's in a huff she puts her top lip over her bottom lip.

I think that's it, you can probably guess they're mum and daughter

 

[Fiorano]

My old boy is an intensive licker! And I mean lick! He licks you all the time, when you're putting his rugs on, headcollar on and even if you give him a treat! He will lick your legs, arms, hands, boots, in fact you can be quite soggy if you spend too long getting him ready.

 

[Herts05]

If you put carrots or apples in my mare's feed she would eat around them to get to all her normal feed and then eat these last, just like it was her pudding!

 

[muddygreymare]

My mare likes to play with her leadrope and likes to untie herself, pick up the leadrope in her mouth and walk across the yard! I have a photo somewhere, here facial expression is priceless
Also, you can't put anything on her stable door, because she will either pick it up or knock it off!
And if you have your back to her talking to someone or doing something, she'll come put her head on your shoulder and give you a cuddle and say hi, she doesn't like being ignored haha

She makes me smile

 

[sandi_84]

Do you remember as a child flipping your top and bottom lip with your finger and making a noise? One of the yard horses does that (minus the noise) with the bar accross the stable door when she's hungry or when she sees food, whickering is just so last year it seems

 

[TheBayMonkey]

Too much!
Opens his stable door and goes for a walk.
Throws his feed bucket over the door at anybody passing when he's finished eating.
Rips the tailflaps off only one other horses rugs.
When you put his headcollar on he grabs the leadrope and shakes his head about and then takes himself in.
When you're picking feet/hosing his legs or the farrier is trimming him he lifts your top up, tickles your back and then grabs you by the trousers
Picks up the brushes he wants you to use on him.
When he started hacking out last year we paired up with my friend and her youngster instead of going with an older horse, they quickly became very confident and now go anywhere and everywhere together and alone. While they were learning and if he would become nervous he'd grab the other horses numnah and hold it in his mouth I can probably think of more...

 

[Sophstar]

A funny habit that also proves to be highly irritating is his escapism! He wants to be everywhere but the field he's meant to be in. It got to the point where as long as he was within the yard fields (luckily all the outer fences are solid and secure!) he could go wherever as I got fed up of dragging him back only to turn my back and him leg it. Half the time I'm not even sure where the hell he gets out! He also holds one of his front legs up when eating from his feed bucket or going for a wee, like he's posing as superman, and he also is highly skilled at untying his rope as well as my other pony's rope as well. If you have your stable door pinned back, he flicks his nose under the pin to undo it and he also has a weird but funny habit of being addicted to mobile phones. If he can smell it, he tries to chew it strange pony.

 

[thespanishmane]

One of mine sucks his sugar or polo's, whilst sticking his tongue out and holding his ears out sideways - he also has a 'gone out' expression on his face. It's also the ideal time to get on him as well as he won't budge until he has finished sucking. He wont crunch them either!. The other one always unties himself in the lorry and peers out from under the partion. He also self loads!

 

[russianhorse]

my lad has always had a habit of making "steam train" noises lol

 

[sadiedeb]

My friends horse who shares field with mine likes to take them for a walk - left echo's head collar on the other day and next thing abe's got hold of it and trying to walk him - echo was not amused. They all like to steal anything if put it on gate ropes rugs etc. And when I turned my back the other day Echo tried to steal the bag of carrots . Abe also likes to wash you proper full on tongue licks

 

[Madam Min]

Pulling the bolt on her door back with her teeth and wandering off, have to put an extra clip on to stop her from escaping.

When travelling with our gelding, Chloe is always convinced DJ has the better haynet and will eat his hay as well as hers, he's daft enough to let her do it!

 

[Silmarillion]

Maiden used to try her very hardest to get her nose as far stretched towards the feed room as possible (from her stable), then snake her neck, moonwalk backwards then march forwards and start again

I'll always remember how she used to snake her neck then disappear backwards. She'd also be at least 17hh at feed times (she was 15.3hh but a big-built girl). Bless her

 

[albeg]

My boyo blows bubbles in his water buckets, takes mouthfuls of water and drools it down your back if you bend over to do his feet/rug. He'll throw anything left on his door off it, as with the tie ring outside his door. He unties his leadrope, only if you're not looking, he can even do it if it's looped through to stop him, he shakes his head to get the slack out of the loop.
In the mornings, he "stretches", "accidentally" kicking the door, but you can't give out to him, because he wasn't doing it to be bold.
Sometimes, if he gets hay in his water, he'll take it out, have a drink, then eat the hay.

 

[Britestar]

One I look after sucks his tongue after his ginger biscuit treat - like when you see a foal sucking from its mum! He'll walk all the way to the field like that too. He is 24 and only started it about 3 years ago.

Naughty cob will grab the zip on jackets and pull it up and down, she also loves those toggles on elastic on fleeces. Pulls them until fully stretched and then lets go - flipping painful!!!

 

[LaurenM]

My first mare would; unzip your coat pocket (only the one with the treats inside, throw her food bucket over the stable door when she'd finish, talk to you etc. She was full of character!

The mare that I have now, pushes gates open with her head, pushes her stable door open repeatedly when you're getting ready to turn her out & wriggles her top lip against your hand (reminds me of an elephant's trunk) & will try and ride back to her field at the end of a hack rather than be untacked!

 

[Ravenwood]

My mare likes to be tied up near the wheelbarrow, propped up against the wall because she will back up to it and with her back legs, in turn, gently spin the wheel - she will spend hours doing this!

And years ago I had a horse who loved to have her teeth scratched - she too would stand there for ages in a total trance whilst you scratched her front teeth

 

[albeg]

Naughty cob will grab the zip on jackets and pull it up and down, she also loves those toggles on elastic on fleeces. Pulls them until fully stretched and then lets go - flipping painful!!!

Oh, I forgot, he does this too...seems to find it funny.

 

[Black_Horse_White]

Mine does that too, they do make us laugh sometimes

 

[heatherxbella]

Hehe, where do I start?

Bella's worst ever habit is banging her stable door, I'm afraid! God it's irritating and I have tried everything to stop her doing it but nothing seems to work!
If I am a tad late in the mornings to let her out she will occassionally box walk and bury all of her mess.
She will happily chew her lead rope in the mornings whilst it hangs outside her stable or she will throw the whole lot off of the hook completely.
She tends to jog from foot to foot when she's desperate for a wee, quite like a human would do!
She will open her stable door as soon as I say "push" to her and then let us both out.
At dinner time I always make her take a few steps back and tell her "wait" before she has it, every night. And she will always turn her head so that it is facing the back wall thinking that I can't see her I suppose.
She has to have a huge tyre to hold her water bucket otherwise she will knock it all over.
When she sees the farrier she tends to lick his head and back for some odd reason, every time!
I think that's about it!

 

[VixieTrix]

Haha these are brilliant! Blue likes to herd the other ponies at coming in time and spooking at things xx

 

[RubysGold]

My young boy gets his lead rope over his ears when tied up, head down, do a funny loop with head and then head up. if you untangle him he just keeps doing it, think he does it on purpose, he'll stand quite happily with it over his ear

 

[tonitot]

When Ethels tied up and I've taken her rug off to groom her and its over her stable door, she'll push it into the stable. She alternates which leg she waves around whilst eating. She'd rather eat her straw bed than her hay. She nuzzles my bum when she wants a scratch.

 

[caitlineloise]

He opens the door both ways when he wants in or out.
Passes me the hose.
Takes the hoof pick off me and lobs it away
Spits water over people he doesn't want in his stable.
Opens bags of shavings and paws it out for you.

Nutter!

 

[caitlineloise]

Oh and he takes my whips off me, lunge and schooling!