hollyjones
New User
I have just bought a 4 year old lovely mare off a friend who bred her. I have actually been riding her since she was broken last summer, but only very infrequently and she has never put a foot wrong.
She moved onto the yard on Saturday and the main problem has been she is very clingy with the other horses, she went mental when she was turned out alone, so she's now in with another mare, but the mare can't be brought in as she won't be left alone in the field.
Tonight I took her in the outdoor school which is hidden from the yard and fields and she just would not concentrate as she was so anxious to be with the other horses. When she was stood with me she was ok, but when I was asking her to go out on the lunge she was going ballistic, screaming for them and careering round. I then got on her and she was constantly calling out for the others, napping and getting very irate. I've only hacked her out with others, I can tell she'll be a nightmare on her own!
Is this likely to be just down to insecurity of being in a new home? How long do horses tend to settle in and relax in new homes?
She moved onto the yard on Saturday and the main problem has been she is very clingy with the other horses, she went mental when she was turned out alone, so she's now in with another mare, but the mare can't be brought in as she won't be left alone in the field.
Tonight I took her in the outdoor school which is hidden from the yard and fields and she just would not concentrate as she was so anxious to be with the other horses. When she was stood with me she was ok, but when I was asking her to go out on the lunge she was going ballistic, screaming for them and careering round. I then got on her and she was constantly calling out for the others, napping and getting very irate. I've only hacked her out with others, I can tell she'll be a nightmare on her own!
Is this likely to be just down to insecurity of being in a new home? How long do horses tend to settle in and relax in new homes?