Horse pawing the ground before I mount?

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Hi, recently I’ve noticed that my horse has started to paw the ground before I get on, he only started this last week, he’s fine to tack up, it’s just as soon as I get into the arena he starts, I don’t know wether it’s a bad habit starting to form or if I should just ignore it?
 
Don’t ignore any changes your horse tells you if everything else has remained the same. Even something like this, they can’t vocalise in any other way.

if it continues, and you can’t think of any change to his/her feed, routine, field partner, hormones etc etc, speak to your vet.
 
How old is the horse? I've had this happen several times with young horses as if they are saying "come on then, let's get on with it!".

In a young horse I would ignore but watch carefully.
 
ycbm said:
How old is the horse? I've had this happen several times with young horses as if they are saying "come on then, let's get on with it!".

In a young horse I would ignore but watch carefully.
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He’s 8 years old and he came from a riding school but he was only used for the hacks/trecks, since I’ve bought him in December I’ve been riding him in the school, he used to be a kick along but recently he’s fizzed up and is going quite nicely so maybe he’s just excited to work!
 
ycbm said:
How old is the horse? I've had this happen several times with young horses as if they are saying "come on then, let's get on with it!".

In a young horse I would ignore but watch carefully.
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He’s 8 years old and he came from a riding school but he was only used for the hacks/trecks, since I’ve bought him in December I’ve been riding him in the school, he used to be a kick along but recently he’s fizzed up and is going quite nicely so maybe he’s just excited to work!
 
I'd watch him cautiously, but it sounds like a riding school horse waking up to life being more interesting. As Stormox said, don't let him walk off til you tell him he can (but react quickly if that makes him bottle up!)

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ycbm said:
I'd watch him cautiously, but it sounds like a riding school horse waking up to life being more interesting. As Stormox said, don't let him walk off til you tell him he can (but react quickly if that makes him bottle up!)

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Thank you, I will definitely keep an eye on it but I’ll definitely just make him stand still until I ask him to move as sometimes he will just dander off!
 
Mahoganybay said:
Don’t ignore any changes your horse tells you if everything else has remained the same. Even something like this, they can’t vocalise in any other way.

if it continues, and you can’t think of any change to his/her feed, routine, field partner, hormones etc etc, speak to your vet.
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Will do! Thank you for your advice!
 
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