how did your horse behave the first few days u got him?

[Firehorse]

as above really.....

 

[Cliqmo]

Mostly he was dumbfounded by the amount of grass in his field (we had to restrict his grazing to avoid overwhelming his system!) but he settled straight in and has always been really calm and straightforward

Why? Are you having trouble?

 

[Firehorse]

he's really anxious about the other horses and a bit skittish. they live out all together 24/7. i think i need to let themselves sort it out before i start trying to bond with him.

 

[Cliqmo]

Yup I agree, let him establish himself in the herd first

 

[Nickijem]

I had Jerry on trial for two weeks but Jerry was so calm and laid back that we were convinced that the girl who was selling him was coming up each evening and drugging him!
He has been pretty much that way since then nearly 2 years ago - apart from the odd incident of course!

 

[Booboos]

Loopy in the field for the first few minutes (had been kept in 24/7) but really chilled to ride, although took it easy as he was only 4 so lunged first and stayed in the school for 2-3 days!

 

[Sunny08]

Like a nutter!!!! So much so that I thought 'oh my God what have I done!' She's a star now though so was well worth it!!

 

[ihatework]

I've had a few horses and they have all behaved and settled from the word go.

 

[charlie55]

My boy was a complete loon for the first 4 days! I wondered what the hell i had bought!!

 

[TicTac]

Anxious and nappy and a year down the line she can still be anxious but generally ok otherwise!

 

[Ziggy_]

perfectly. it was a few weeks later the problems started...

 

[jesterfaerie]

His behaviuor never changed, he was good as gold and very laid back.
Turned him out as soon as he got here into a massive field and he just walked off, had a little role trotted up to the fence and then went to graze.
Rode him the morning after in the field (he is an exracer) and was that laid back I had to boot him into canter which I was no expecting.

 

[golddustsara]

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I had Jerry on trial for two weeks but Jerry was so calm and laid back that we were convinced that the girl who was selling him was coming up each evening and drugging him!
He has been pretty much that way since then nearly 2 years ago - apart from the odd incident of course!

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Hehe same with mine - maybe its a grey thing! He now has the nickname 'stoner pony' from my colleagues

 

[showqa]

He was pretty chilled really, although very curious about everything. Initially he certainly bonded more with the mares on the other side of the fence than me but that changed quite soon. He's still chilled - he's a darling - and I adore him.

 

[siant2]

My girl was a grouchy stuck up nightmare for the first 2 weeks!

Really struggled with rugs and grooming her for fear of her biting or kicking you! Could not believe it as she was so sweet when i saw her in her previous home.

This behaviour was nipped in the bud straight away and Ive had her over a year now and she is back to her sweet old self. I think she was trying to test the boundaries when I first got her!

 

[tania01]

The liver chestnut in my pic was a nightmare(and still can be sometimes) only because he is such a nervous horse.

The black one is a total dream has been from day one even though when i got him he had never been handled really.

 

[k9h]

Picked 'my' girl (5) up last Fri week. She was out 24/7.

Landed back at ours. Held out of box for 10mins then chucked her in field with young mare, 2yr old filly & 2 boys in their 30's. 5 min canter round no squealing or kicking. Then grazing & has been like that ever since!
Went up am & pm to check her in field till following weekend then walked her out in hand for 30min. As we left her new 'boyfriend' called her as we left nothing from her!
Brought her back & turfed her out again!

Day 2 syncro grazing! My girl at the back!

 

[Amaretto]

Wild! He was kept in a huge barn with other 3 year olds, then he came to me and had to be stabled, which he wasn't used to. So I had back legs waved at me, bottom pushed against me and barging - he didn't know what manners were!! However, he now has beautiful manners, but that has come from very consistent treatment so he knows what the score is.

The first time I put him out in the field he was exuberant, which you would expect. But when he came in, he was sooo excited and it took him ages to calm down. He was bucking and squealing in the stable!

Now he knows his routine he is absolutely fine, but the first few weeks were difficult and I did wonder what I had bought, much like some of the other posters!

So in answer to your question, it probably took him a whole month to settle, but he is a youngster and everything was completely new to him. He's now lovely to deal with.

 

[debsflo]

our new horse was a nightmare,very agressive to my other 2 and i thought id made a huge mistake. a few weeks on shes so lovley and is perfect.i think it was a combination of stress,change and first season of the year

 

[megwan1]

i didnt lol
within 10mins of having her i was on the fone requesting the presence of a vet to stitch her back up as she barged through the gate and got cut on the latch!!!! she then went on to kick said vet and then aim one at my dog

she improved about 6months later (behaviour wise cut healed nicely) !!!!!
Good luck!

 

[fornema]

MY newest pony was an absolute prat the first thing she did was jump out of the field and was a total idiot for the first few weeks but then she is still like this and her favourite pastime is still jumping out the field but i love her

 

[DW Team]

Well so far the new stallion has not put a hoof wrong only arrived on Sunday from Holland but he has been very good. Was schooled yesterday and for a big 4 year old the jockeys coment was wow. Then was turned out to play all he was intrested in was the grass. So far so good long may it last. I think there may be a bit of shell shock for him. We shall see.

 

[moodymare1987]

Murphy didnt do anything, was good as gold, none of my horses have been any bother settling in.

 

[MagicMelon]

Depends on the horse. Cant remember my 2 ponies when they arrived, but for my other 2 - they were both totally different in the first few days/weeks! One was a bolshy, horrid, stroppy, nappy creature who it took me a good 6 months to get going under saddle and to stop dragging me off when leading. The other was SO quiet that I honestly started to think he'd been drugged! He didnt put a foot wrong, was very shy and VERY VERY quiet, it took him about 8 months to start being what I would say is "normal", he's still terribly polite now but only after this time did he start to show any interest in life!

Other horses Ive had usually have been super-good to begin with and then go through the "try-it-on" phase which normally involves refusing to load or something along those lines.