GTRJazz
Well-Known Member
How to get your horse in and stay safe in the field tips
Will depend on how many horses are in the field how much grass and condition of gateways but here are mine
Spend time in the field with your horse
We had fifteen horses in our field which was vast around 12 acres but I still used to spend time in it just walking around given them a pat but never a treat would often find a shoe or put a strap back on a rug that had come undone.
Respect the ranking system, if your horse is low ranking do not tell the other horses off for chasing it and pet the leader. We now have only three horses in our field I always approach the lead horse first then if I go to bring one of the others in he herds them towards me to catch quite funny to watch him tapping them on the rear with his noise.
For small groups like ours take each horse away from the group for a day or so to stop separation Anxiety mine quite often go their separate ways for long weekends which helps a lot.
Will depend on how many horses are in the field how much grass and condition of gateways but here are mine
Spend time in the field with your horse
We had fifteen horses in our field which was vast around 12 acres but I still used to spend time in it just walking around given them a pat but never a treat would often find a shoe or put a strap back on a rug that had come undone.
Respect the ranking system, if your horse is low ranking do not tell the other horses off for chasing it and pet the leader. We now have only three horses in our field I always approach the lead horse first then if I go to bring one of the others in he herds them towards me to catch quite funny to watch him tapping them on the rear with his noise.
For small groups like ours take each horse away from the group for a day or so to stop separation Anxiety mine quite often go their separate ways for long weekends which helps a lot.