TheOldTrout
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My mare's just beginning to have some turn out after a period of box rest (she was lame). Yesterday I just put her out for a bit while I did her stable, haynets and water. While I was doing this, another livery told me I might want to trot mare up when I got her in as another one had been chasing her round and round at a gallop.
Went to get mare in. The other mare repeatedly attacked her when she got close to the gate, not just a running at her with ears back to get her away from the gate but a full on chase round and round, biting at her quarters when she got within reach (my rug now has a large tear in it) and not giving up. My mare was scared to go to the gate in the end. She came in with heat in her foreleg and a torn rug, neither of which she went out with.
What's best to do? I'm keeping her in for now but that's not a long term solution - and she loves her field, when she's not being bullied. Will bullymare behave better when there's more grass and her hormones have calmed down, if she's in season?
Went to get mare in. The other mare repeatedly attacked her when she got close to the gate, not just a running at her with ears back to get her away from the gate but a full on chase round and round, biting at her quarters when she got within reach (my rug now has a large tear in it) and not giving up. My mare was scared to go to the gate in the end. She came in with heat in her foreleg and a torn rug, neither of which she went out with.
What's best to do? I'm keeping her in for now but that's not a long term solution - and she loves her field, when she's not being bullied. Will bullymare behave better when there's more grass and her hormones have calmed down, if she's in season?