BucksFizz
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Hi all just looking for some advice, I've had my new horse for 4 weeks so still getting to know her. She was in her own field to start with and she was extremely possessive over hay. Didn't want me anywhere near it, putting her ears back and would try to bite. We were slowly getting there I was just spending time standing next to her eating so she would realise I wasn't going to take it!
She now shares a field with my sisters horse and they get on fine but I cut the hay out to stop any arguments between them. It's a bigger field with more grass so they have enough to eat. After I've done some work with her in the evenings this week I let her graze in a little paddock with longer grass while I did my jobs. When I go to catch her she gets really funny, ears back, turns her bum on me and tries to bite when I catch her. I've never known a horse to be possessive over grass? Today I walked up to her just to stroke her while she was eating in this paddock and she turned and tried to kick me. I tried walking her round but she was extremely annoyed that I was stopping her from eating, walking round with ears back trying to bite. She's not like this in her field and obviously I don't have to put her in the paddock with more grass but I'd like to get her out of this behaviour. Can anyone suggest what I could do to help get her out of this? She will be 4 at the end of may. Thank you
She now shares a field with my sisters horse and they get on fine but I cut the hay out to stop any arguments between them. It's a bigger field with more grass so they have enough to eat. After I've done some work with her in the evenings this week I let her graze in a little paddock with longer grass while I did my jobs. When I go to catch her she gets really funny, ears back, turns her bum on me and tries to bite when I catch her. I've never known a horse to be possessive over grass? Today I walked up to her just to stroke her while she was eating in this paddock and she turned and tried to kick me. I tried walking her round but she was extremely annoyed that I was stopping her from eating, walking round with ears back trying to bite. She's not like this in her field and obviously I don't have to put her in the paddock with more grass but I'd like to get her out of this behaviour. Can anyone suggest what I could do to help get her out of this? She will be 4 at the end of may. Thank you