Kicking horse

If I had bought him and there was no obvious reason for it he would have met mr blue pipe once as it could end in a nasty accident but that is not what most people want to hear
 
I had a horse like this on my previous yard! she almost kicked me in the head 2 or 3 times, kicked my 2yr old and F'd his hock, so we separated them. discovered the kicking started coz her owner used to give her scratches on the bum when she was poo picking, and she would come up to us all and want scratches and when we pooped our pants coz she was back up at us she'd get frustrated coz she wasn't getting her way, so would kick out!

was horrible! have seen recently she kicked her owner as she tried to adjust her rug, so obviously isn't over it! but the scratching didn't help!
 
Well, put it like this. My homebred attempted to double barrel me once. Unfortunately for him he was young and stupid and I had a headcollar in my hand. After the head collar hit him so hard on the arse that my arm hurt he has never bothered to try again. This is how I like it.

Now, the problem with this approach is that I know, because he's homebred and kept at home, exactly how he has been treated since birth and that he was just trying it on to see what happened. He found it hurt and he hasn't done it since. I have others on the yard who I take great care with and would not dream of whacking on the backside.

So how would I treat the young horse on your yard? I'd be keeping well out of its way and letting its owners deal with it, with the proviso that I would never go into a field with it without at least a rope.
 
Same as others, flippin good wallop each time, needs to be immediate and for you to make sure he realises that it is totally unacceptable behaviour. worked for mine, better a wallop than a broken leg.
 
Hmm, I think it very much depends on the horse. Their was one at college who was a bit of a misery in her stable (don't know what she was like out with other horses actually, I think maybe ok). She would try and bite and kick you but IF you reprimanded her by hitting her then she would hit the roof and quite frankly would try and kill you!

My youngster can be a bit fly with his heels and he has had a wallop for it. As someone else said though, I KNOW his background as have had him sine a 15mth old. He is about the lowest in the pecking order but was still at the stage of not really distinguishing between horses and humans and kicking is his defence mechanism. However, again you have to time it and be correctly positioned as initially he would just lash out again and hence you have make sure you're not in the firing line!

He's not done it for a long time now though but I guess we know when he's likely to be bad (at feed time) so I don't get myself in a position to have heels flying at me. When he's got his food and is settled I always make sure I go and pat him/make a bit of a fuss etc and walk round his back end so he is used to people being about and know they're not going to steal his precious food!
 
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