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My mare has started to kick the stable door every tme I go to make her feed. I have tried shouting at her, running at the door (i even threw a small snowball) YO hid from her and threw a bit of water over her (she didnt even flinch, she was like, yeah bring it on!!) I try sneaking off to make it but she knows. She has ad lib hay so its not hunger. Any ideas?
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They are like kids sometimes - attention seeking.
She kicks the door - you give her attention.
Try ignoring her.
Unfortunately I used to have the same issues with my mare so I sold her. No, joking...............
She is still on the yard where I keep my new one and she still does it.I think we have tried everything.
So when you work out how to stop her doing it let me know !
 
You can get something called a "Quit-Kick". Its a battery powered box filled with water fixed to the front of the stable which squirts water upward when disturbed.

I've not used on myself but there are a couple on the yard with them. They do seem to work - at least at squirting the grooms when they chuck feed over if they've forgotton the thing is there!
 
One of mine did this... I tried alsorts. Then it turned out to be just a 'NO' then when he was quiet or just calling I told him 'goodboy'
he changed from kicking the door to just calling me
 
I hate this!! I have put a chain across the doorway, so I now leave the door open with the chain across, but now my horse scrapes the floor now instead on banging on the door! but it is not so bad.

I also now make up the feeds while the horses are out so that they are all ready to just chuck in, which means they are only banging while I walk from the feed room to the stable!
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You have to ignore her untill she stops and then when she is quiet take in her food. Any other actions on your behalf are just training her to get your attention. You will need patients and will have to be quick to reward her with her food when she is quiet.
 
A horse on our yard has started kicking his door really badly while the yard has been too icy to take him out. We ignore him for ages, and eventually if he hasn't stopped we'll give him a warning telling-off, and if he still doesn't stop (not very often) we tie him up so he can't reach the door. He's already a lot better, but I suppose with him it's not an ingrained habit, just something he's picked up out of boredom in the last couple of weeks.
 
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