My horse is a butthead!

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I slept in this am (on accident) and wasn't up the yard to put the horses out until nearly 9am. I've been trying to feed Blue in the am before he goes out but he's not interested, he's in too much of a hurry to go out.

This morning I was planning to put Mo and Cracker out first, so they didn't have to sit there watching Blue eat, stupid idea.

I put Mo out, and as I went to shut the gate behind him, Blue started shouting like the barn was on fire :| Mo freaked out, barged past me through the gate and took off towards the barn to see what was torturing his friend to death. My 2.5 yr old daughter was stood by the fence and could easily have been in the way (but thank God, wasn't!).

I put Mo out AGAIN, followed by Cracker because Blue was so wound up I couldn't get him to stand to put his rug on! By this time I was strongly considering just walking away until I could calm down and leaving him in a bit longer but I knew he'd just get more wound up the longer he had to wait, so in the end just did a super-fast rugging job and threw him out with the others without breakfast (he wouldn't eat it).

Sorry for ranting, its the first time that I've really been ticked off by Mo, even though I know he was acting on instinct.

Now I'm going to get over it so I can enjoy him later this afternoon.
 
Glad your feeling less annoyed already :)

Could you give the other two a very small feed (e.g a handfull of alfa) so they all eat together and go out together and make life a bit easier for you?
 
Don't stress out, ours are like this - if they're seperated the gelding has forty fits!! We've got it down to a fine art now but even so they still play up especially when we're in a rush.

Shrug it off, they'll be fine later xx
 
Ours do it too in the morning, one won't eat without the other, the other one throws himself at his stable door and screams the place down. Mine gets really silly at shows, if his friend goes out of sight he screams, barges, and generally makes a twit of himself.
I have learned that it is best to walk away from them when I feel myself getting angry. I go off and fill some haynets or something. Then try again! When we get stressed they feel it and it makes them worse.
 
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