gill84
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Loaned my mare to our local college after Xmas. She's had others ride her, compete her, my brothers girlfriend works with children with disabilities and they used to come and mess on with her and she never batted an eyelid.
Dropped her off on the Friday and went to see her the following weekend. All was ok except they had changed her bit from her Dutch gag to snaffle, fine except whichever idiot did it didn't drop the cheek pieces!!! I questioned this but just got told must have been a student to which I asked why weren't they supervised and why hadn't anyone else noticed her discomfort.
Went the next weekend and she was a different horse. Couldn't get a head collar on let alone bridle. Questioned the yard manager whose response was she's been like this all week. Horrified I asked why nobody phoned me and was told they thought she was just grouchy! At this point she was spinning round, grunting and trying to kick me.
Following weekend went up to find a notice on her door stating do not remove head collar. Asked why and was told coz they couldn't catch her in a stable. She would kick, bite and spin round. I've had her 10 years and she even did all this with me.
Following day I got the vet up to sedate her and do her teeth. 45 muns in we still hadn't got her sedated coz the vet couldn't get near, she had bitten me several times, reared up, kicked the walls (wooden thankfully) and in the end I had to sedate her with the vet telling me what to do out of my horses sight.
Got her teeth done and vet confirmed that her issues stemmed from the snaffle sitting too high in her mouth and banging on her teeth! The yard manager denied all responsability and demanded I took her home coz she was dangerous.
4 weeks on and I've ridden her once mostly due to time but wanted to give her time to calm down. Put her head collar on over the gate the other day and she was fine. Went to put it on again in her stable and the same behaviour all over again!!
She's fine to ride just turns savage when she sees a head collar and just about climbs the walls when you show her a bridle! Wits end!! What do I do? But sceptical but a friend of mine had a I don't know what you would call it but a horse physcologist come to hers after it kept behaving oddly and they got to the bottom of the problem.
Just so mad at the problem the college caused then washed their hands of. She was fine before never had any issues in the 10 years I've had her but now getting a bridle on is just a nightmare, for both of us. Was suggested I go back to ground work, rebuilding her trust. That's all well and good but gotta get a head collar and/or bridle on to do it. Ignore the behaviour and hope she comes round? I've spoken to the vet again and she says there was no other physical reason for her to behave this way coz she checked everything whilst she was sedated. What the heck do I do??
Dropped her off on the Friday and went to see her the following weekend. All was ok except they had changed her bit from her Dutch gag to snaffle, fine except whichever idiot did it didn't drop the cheek pieces!!! I questioned this but just got told must have been a student to which I asked why weren't they supervised and why hadn't anyone else noticed her discomfort.
Went the next weekend and she was a different horse. Couldn't get a head collar on let alone bridle. Questioned the yard manager whose response was she's been like this all week. Horrified I asked why nobody phoned me and was told they thought she was just grouchy! At this point she was spinning round, grunting and trying to kick me.
Following weekend went up to find a notice on her door stating do not remove head collar. Asked why and was told coz they couldn't catch her in a stable. She would kick, bite and spin round. I've had her 10 years and she even did all this with me.
Following day I got the vet up to sedate her and do her teeth. 45 muns in we still hadn't got her sedated coz the vet couldn't get near, she had bitten me several times, reared up, kicked the walls (wooden thankfully) and in the end I had to sedate her with the vet telling me what to do out of my horses sight.
Got her teeth done and vet confirmed that her issues stemmed from the snaffle sitting too high in her mouth and banging on her teeth! The yard manager denied all responsability and demanded I took her home coz she was dangerous.
4 weeks on and I've ridden her once mostly due to time but wanted to give her time to calm down. Put her head collar on over the gate the other day and she was fine. Went to put it on again in her stable and the same behaviour all over again!!
She's fine to ride just turns savage when she sees a head collar and just about climbs the walls when you show her a bridle! Wits end!! What do I do? But sceptical but a friend of mine had a I don't know what you would call it but a horse physcologist come to hers after it kept behaving oddly and they got to the bottom of the problem.
Just so mad at the problem the college caused then washed their hands of. She was fine before never had any issues in the 10 years I've had her but now getting a bridle on is just a nightmare, for both of us. Was suggested I go back to ground work, rebuilding her trust. That's all well and good but gotta get a head collar and/or bridle on to do it. Ignore the behaviour and hope she comes round? I've spoken to the vet again and she says there was no other physical reason for her to behave this way coz she checked everything whilst she was sedated. What the heck do I do??