carthorse
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I am at my wits end tonight. Long story but will cut short. Bred my horse he always lived with a mare. We have two fields so the other two have lived in the other field as my homebred was very protective and would chase and really bite any other horse, he is 15 years old.
Last year we sent him on loan and said he should go out by himself, while he was away the old mare died, she was 30. He was in a field next to a pony and after a couple of weeks they put them together and all was fine. He came back from loan after 3 months as her circumstances changed.
He went to another loan home, here they had him seperate by electric fence with no problems. He was there 6 weeks and came home because Mum and daughter fell out.
He went to college as loan horse, he was fully stabled but at half term he was turned out with lots of other horses no problem. Unfortunately he got injured and has come home. He has been by himself in the field next to others but he sometimes jumps into the yard if they come in first or if they go for a hack so we have to put him in.
Yesterday we bought a 2 year old filly, we put him in one field and her in the other all was ok. They had to come in as field was being rolled and when we turned them out we thought we would try them together. Disaster he galloped her off her little feet , he never kicked but he bit her. After 10 minutes we had to bring him in and put him in his own field. We turned the other two out with her and they got on great but he was galloping up and down the fence and threatening to jump in. We bought him in and he is in his stable very upset , very sweaty and neighing like mad.
My husband says he has to go but who would have him he looks very sound now but as my daughter is pregnant I can't get him ridden to check that he is. Someone was going to hack him out today but they let me down. I am thinking that the only option is to have him put down but maybe in a few days he will be ok again. I have no idea why he is fine away from home and so bad at home.I am trying to find someone to put a new fence across my field but that is going to cost thousands as the fence is not brilliant.
Why is he like this?
Last year we sent him on loan and said he should go out by himself, while he was away the old mare died, she was 30. He was in a field next to a pony and after a couple of weeks they put them together and all was fine. He came back from loan after 3 months as her circumstances changed.
He went to another loan home, here they had him seperate by electric fence with no problems. He was there 6 weeks and came home because Mum and daughter fell out.
He went to college as loan horse, he was fully stabled but at half term he was turned out with lots of other horses no problem. Unfortunately he got injured and has come home. He has been by himself in the field next to others but he sometimes jumps into the yard if they come in first or if they go for a hack so we have to put him in.
Yesterday we bought a 2 year old filly, we put him in one field and her in the other all was ok. They had to come in as field was being rolled and when we turned them out we thought we would try them together. Disaster he galloped her off her little feet , he never kicked but he bit her. After 10 minutes we had to bring him in and put him in his own field. We turned the other two out with her and they got on great but he was galloping up and down the fence and threatening to jump in. We bought him in and he is in his stable very upset , very sweaty and neighing like mad.
My husband says he has to go but who would have him he looks very sound now but as my daughter is pregnant I can't get him ridden to check that he is. Someone was going to hack him out today but they let me down. I am thinking that the only option is to have him put down but maybe in a few days he will be ok again. I have no idea why he is fine away from home and so bad at home.I am trying to find someone to put a new fence across my field but that is going to cost thousands as the fence is not brilliant.
Why is he like this?