nic85
Well-Known Member
Hi all, could I possibly pick your brains?
Quick history;
I bought My filly in Feb at 8/9 months old, she is now 14 months old.
She was stabled for a fair while where she came from as they werent allowed turnout due to snow/limited grazing. She was handled enough that she was ok to pick all feet up and be brushed and led out on a lunge line.
When she came to me she started having turnout during the day and coming in at night, was fine to have feet picked out.
She then tried testing me by being a ratbag to lead in from the field and would rear and fart about, this stopped when she was left in the field to come in last
she then led in beautifully.
She has always been a bit aggressive with food, happened before I got her.
She very quickly tried biting but this was nipped in the bud by not giving any treats at all by hand, she picked up on this very quickly.
She loves attention and i find if you ignore after shes tried nipping/ears back over the stable door she quickly picked up that she didnt get any attention and therefore stops trying to nip. She is quite sensitive to peoples feelings, my OH doesnt trust her as she has bitten him ( hes non horsey but wants to be involved) and she seems to sense this and is more likely to bite/ears back attitude when he is around.
Recently she has also been a cow bag to pick out her hind feet, only recently though she tried lashing out.....she was repremanded and I successfully managed to pick her feet out without the flying hooves.
She has become harder to lead in from the field, its become more of a drag in from the field,
She has been lightly bitted and has been out for a walk and seen a bit of traffic ( she seemed to enjoy this alot as the next day she lead in from the field brilliantly) Im a bit dubious of doing too much with her as she is only a yearling but she seems to really enjoy doing something ( I cant keep taking her for walks as I need to take her with another horse and when my son is either in nursery or when my OH isnt working) I also dont want to over do it with her.
So thats a basic summery of my filly, my question is will she always have a slight agressive streak or is this just her being a baby and seeing what she can get away with?
She has her feet trimmed every 8 weeks and is ok for farrier, was a little naughty last trim but didnt get away with anything fab farrier! she is out 24/7 with 2 others and has 1 feed of a handful of pasture mix and Applechaff, she doesnt always come in everyday but still has human contact for fly mask going on/fly spray etc.
Hope this makes sense!
So any ideas/opinons/advice?
Thanks in advance!
Quick history;
I bought My filly in Feb at 8/9 months old, she is now 14 months old.
She was stabled for a fair while where she came from as they werent allowed turnout due to snow/limited grazing. She was handled enough that she was ok to pick all feet up and be brushed and led out on a lunge line.
When she came to me she started having turnout during the day and coming in at night, was fine to have feet picked out.
She then tried testing me by being a ratbag to lead in from the field and would rear and fart about, this stopped when she was left in the field to come in last
she then led in beautifully. She has always been a bit aggressive with food, happened before I got her.
She very quickly tried biting but this was nipped in the bud by not giving any treats at all by hand, she picked up on this very quickly.
She loves attention and i find if you ignore after shes tried nipping/ears back over the stable door she quickly picked up that she didnt get any attention and therefore stops trying to nip. She is quite sensitive to peoples feelings, my OH doesnt trust her as she has bitten him ( hes non horsey but wants to be involved) and she seems to sense this and is more likely to bite/ears back attitude when he is around.
Recently she has also been a cow bag to pick out her hind feet, only recently though she tried lashing out.....she was repremanded and I successfully managed to pick her feet out without the flying hooves.
She has become harder to lead in from the field, its become more of a drag in from the field,
She has been lightly bitted and has been out for a walk and seen a bit of traffic ( she seemed to enjoy this alot as the next day she lead in from the field brilliantly) Im a bit dubious of doing too much with her as she is only a yearling but she seems to really enjoy doing something ( I cant keep taking her for walks as I need to take her with another horse and when my son is either in nursery or when my OH isnt working) I also dont want to over do it with her.
So thats a basic summery of my filly, my question is will she always have a slight agressive streak or is this just her being a baby and seeing what she can get away with?
She has her feet trimmed every 8 weeks and is ok for farrier, was a little naughty last trim but didnt get away with anything
fab farrier! she is out 24/7 with 2 others and has 1 feed of a handful of pasture mix and Applechaff, she doesnt always come in everyday but still has human contact for fly mask going on/fly spray etc.Hope this makes sense!
So any ideas/opinons/advice?
Thanks in advance!
