Arzada
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I'd need an alternative arrangement for his water to eliminate the need for hard labour on my part.frustrated about having to refill his buckets god knows how many times times a day!
I'd need an alternative arrangement for his water to eliminate the need for hard labour on my part.frustrated about having to refill his buckets god knows how many times times a day!
I'd need an alternative arrangement for his water to eliminate the need for hard labour on my part.
?Haven’t read the other replies but if one of mine ever nipped or bit me, say on the arm, then I quickly jerk that arm up at them (and yes, it will collide with their muzzle!) and say a loud and quite scary ‘no’. I have a teachers shout so I think this on its own is enough sometimes!
I watched a horse behaviourist demo handling a young horse that kept biting, years ago now. When the horse tried to nip him he jabbed it in the bottom lip with his finger tip, underneath so the horse couldn’t see his hand. It worked very quickly and I used it myself successfully on a few horses over many years. I think my longer nails helped!
He only ever grabs hold of clothing now and hasn't made skin contact in at least a year and has no contact with other people outside the family and he wont ever be sold. When i said 'sometimes serious' I mean he has only ever got my skin bruised twice and he got my thumb that first time while tacking up which is why it bled. I should have definitely been clear that he has never bitten other people while I have had him, only chewed their clothes.
Thank you!
I think you realise from the other answers that you need to be strong in your messages to him that this is unacceptable. Regarding the issue of him not having contact outside the family and never being sold please do not rely on this - we never know what the future brings - and it is certainly not impossible that you could need help caring for him at some point. Good luck with correcting this, and do not worry that you are harming him in giving him a physical message that it is not OK, he will be a perfectly happy horse without being allowed to do this and will soon learn to know and respect the boundaries.
SEH, we all ask for advice on this forum - no one knows everything.
And in reality, it's the advice which comes from a viewpoint different from our own that is most valuable.
Wishing you every success with him.