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I’ve had my gorgeous new mare a month, I bought her from the person who bred her and she had been at the same yard for 10 years.
She has been great to ride in the school (indoor & outdoor) and I have hacked her out twice in company with no issues.
She is in a block of 3 large stables and has become VERY attached to the gelding next door (stables with low internal walls so can touch noses). The problem arises if the boys go out first and she needs to stay in to see the farrier etc.
Today the chiropractor came and the boys went out but she had to stay in for her appointment, she trots round her stable, calls for her stable mate, strikes out and stamps her feet, I feared she might try to jump the stable door this morning or hurt herself. My chiropractor said she’d have to come back another day as she was far too worked up to look at for our safety and the horses.
How do I nip this in the bud? If I’d wanted to ride her this morning I couldn’t have even attempted to tack her up. If I ride in the early afternoon she’s fine coming in on her own if the boys are still out, she might have a whinny but nothing really more. She’s fine to ride in the evenings on her own too. She’s turned out in an adjoing field to the geldings with another mare.
I’ve put her on a calmer and herbal supplement for mares to help settle her and she’s just come into season which definitely isn’t helping matters.
She is on full livery so generally I’m there in the evenings to groom and ride, I try to spend as much time with her as I can but feel she definitely does not respect me yet as she hardly knows me.
Any tips or advice on how to deal with what appears to be a separation issue during morning turn out? I worry it might get worse and extrnd to the rest of the day if I don’t deal with it now and I can’t even begin to imagine trying to compete her during Spring/Summer at the moment. Its Like she’s 2 different animals depending on if it’s morning or afternoon!
Thank you all for any advice.
She has been great to ride in the school (indoor & outdoor) and I have hacked her out twice in company with no issues.
She is in a block of 3 large stables and has become VERY attached to the gelding next door (stables with low internal walls so can touch noses). The problem arises if the boys go out first and she needs to stay in to see the farrier etc.
Today the chiropractor came and the boys went out but she had to stay in for her appointment, she trots round her stable, calls for her stable mate, strikes out and stamps her feet, I feared she might try to jump the stable door this morning or hurt herself. My chiropractor said she’d have to come back another day as she was far too worked up to look at for our safety and the horses.
How do I nip this in the bud? If I’d wanted to ride her this morning I couldn’t have even attempted to tack her up. If I ride in the early afternoon she’s fine coming in on her own if the boys are still out, she might have a whinny but nothing really more. She’s fine to ride in the evenings on her own too. She’s turned out in an adjoing field to the geldings with another mare.
I’ve put her on a calmer and herbal supplement for mares to help settle her and she’s just come into season which definitely isn’t helping matters.
She is on full livery so generally I’m there in the evenings to groom and ride, I try to spend as much time with her as I can but feel she definitely does not respect me yet as she hardly knows me.
Any tips or advice on how to deal with what appears to be a separation issue during morning turn out? I worry it might get worse and extrnd to the rest of the day if I don’t deal with it now and I can’t even begin to imagine trying to compete her during Spring/Summer at the moment. Its Like she’s 2 different animals depending on if it’s morning or afternoon!
Thank you all for any advice.
