Horses that stress about being

annaellie

annaellie

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Separated, I just bought a new welsh c x Arab he is two and a half but a blooming nightmare with other horses. He has spent his whole life with another youngster and when we took him it was the first time apart. He done really well even though my other boy tried to boss him about. Typical 12 hand pony :D
They get on great but the problem is when I take the pony in to the stable or vice versa the welsh starts prattling about :(
Nothing dangerous but just annoying, my feild is right next to the stables so he's apart for a minute or do.
I've just started sitting on the pony well not me and were wanting him to start walking down lane and things but the other new boy it's going to be a pain.

I know it will sort itself out just having a moan and if anyone has any ideas that will help would be fab :D
 
Am not asking anything of him am explaining his situation and asking of any ideas that will help with the translation of the being apart. If they are both stabled and I put the pony in the feild which is less than a minute to get back to him to put him out he is so stressed. Am looking for ideas to make it as smooth as poss to be able to part them for short periods as and when needed.
 
I know he will settle and tbh I was expecting worse so am really pleased but its not something I've had to deal with before so any ideas to make it smooth would be great.
 
Personally I would leave him apart for longer than the odd minute your doing at the moment. He throws a strop and then the other horse is brought to him therefor almost reinforcing that the strop gets him what he wants. Id bring him in alone with a tasty haynet and leave him to have his paddy. He will soon get used to having to spend time alone and will start to just enjoy having his own time in with his net.
 
Thanks vieshot I haven't had him long but want to get him used to being apart from the other as soon as I can. I might give it a go maybe leave him a bit longer before turning him out
 
My new horse gets a bit wound up when others come and go. In the 3 months I have had him he has got better.

I suppose it was easier for me because I could lunge mine or ride him if I knew there would be lots of comings and goings on the yard but I guess you can't do that with 2 1/2 year old.

Also nice haynet & feed to distract him helped
:-)
 
From the title I thought this might be an existential pondering! :D

Sorry, no help OP. My youngster can be a bit stressy about being separated from my TB, but I just let him get on with it and he's gradually settling, though it's taking a while.
 
Thanks for your replies, I tried giving him his dinner while I turned the pony out but typically the food was no match for the pony leaving him, he had no interest in his dinner anymore.
I know he will get better in time I just don't want to end up a year down the line and he is still the same cause I've not tried doing anything to help him out with it.
Other than that he is fab and moves amazing I've already got his career as a dressage star mapped out :D poor boy :D
 
amymay said:
You need to do the separating the other way around.

Bring the youngster in - leave the pony out.
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^^ This.

I'm very lucky with our lot that only two mouth off if alone and both get over it as soon as they remember there is grass on the floor. None of the others are fussed. I have never entertained the idea of having one that can't cope on it's own, too dangerous to have a horse going off it's head in a large field. They learn, I wouldn't pander to it and make sure horses are there all the time though, I'd separate for longer periods the way round AM says initially.
 
I have just posted a very similar post, my horse gets VERY upset when left in his stable if he cant see any other horses. He jogs around and throws himself about. Haynet or feed is of no interest to him. Hes now 10 so guessing hes always been like this? He looks like a mental case until you open the stable door which seems to settle him.

Problem is Im moving him to a different yard which will wind him up anyway but there wont be as many people around to keep an eye on him should he do anything stupid, I also cant leave his rugs off on the off chance someone will move a horse out of his eye line and he decides to go for a jog round the stable.

Should I just leave him to get over it?
 
The pony does go out first and I leave the youngster in the stable to go out 2nd so as suggested on here I will leave the youngster in a bit longer before putting him out
 
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