NF Hugo McGrumpFace

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Oswald1975

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Dear little Hugo has been with me for 4 months now .
He came as an unhandled 2 year old and after a tricky start, he is haltered, can be rugged, had his feet done and is walking out confidently on a lead rope.
However … He seriously has the most grumpiest face I have ever seen!
He has never raised a hoof or bitten and is really the softest sweetest boy but someone needs to tell his face .
Is this a NF trait ?
He is getting better with me, I would say 50/50 now but as soon as any family or friends come to see him, the ears go back and stay back, he looks so angry, they are scared to go near him .
I don’t think a young girl is ever going to fall in love with that face ☹️
Attached is his Angel face , which I hope to eventually see more of 🙏🏻
 

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My New Forest is only happy when she sees food, she has always been vaguely indifferent to humans, she is probably too polite for her own good and I would prefer if she could nip when in pain as it would be easier to spot!
 
My 31 yo nf has a general resting bitch face, her ears come forward for food, (or a camera!) she is incredibly polite, well mannered and easy to do. Lives to savage her field mate a 16.3 warm blood over the stable partition!. Vaguely indifferent is a good description!
 
He will be fine. Sounds like he has come on leaps and bounds compared to the pony you were posting about a few months back.
 
HopOnTrot said:
My New Forest is only happy when she sees food, she has always been vaguely indifferent to humans, she is probably too polite for her own good and I would prefer if she could nip when in pain as it would be easier to spot!
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He is my first NF and I think it is maybe a Newfie thing 😊
 
Back to the original post - he looks to be holding alot of tightness in both photos, it could be worth having some soft tissue/energy work for him. If he has discomfort in his body he's much more likely to be bracey with new people as he will be overly protective of himself. He could also have a headache which is enough to make anyone look grumpy.

ETA: Reading this back it looks a bit abrupt and it's not meant to, sorry!
 
Foresters do adopt that expression when vaguely accepting you but also warding you off slightly. Nothing to worry about. It will all come. I have one still expert at that particular “I’m pretending you’re really not there” face. I rather enjoy it.
 
My wee fat bog-off cob was weaned early shall we say - his ears are very often back, but not pinned, and he's the daftest softest pile of muddy fluff you could ever wish to meet.

Looks like your lad is just figuring out the world.
 
They can just take a while to come around when they have not had much handling.

Here is a NF that we brought in off the forest who had had minimal handling. She was affectionately named 'Filly Nasty' because of her very strong opinions about not wanting to be domesticated 😅

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PurpleSpots said:
Back to the original post - he looks to be holding alot of tightness in both photos, it could be worth having some soft tissue/energy work for him. If he has discomfort in his body he's much more likely to be bracey with new people as he will be overly protective of himself. He could also have a headache which is enough to make anyone look grumpy.

ETA: Reading this back it looks a bit abrupt and it's not meant to, sorry!
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Thanks, I have a great physio so I will see if she has a slot available .
 
My mare has resting mare face, relaxed but slightly exasperated, I thought it was a multitude of different things settling in, pain etc. none found. Weirdly the only time she's been super cuddly and looked pleased to see me was when she had colic and I slept next to her stable. When she went back to scowling at me I thought she must be feeling better and no longer feels like she needs me 😅 YO said the same 😂
 
We affectionately call NF ponies the thugs of the pony world, and my dentist was ever so surprised yesterday when Miss ‘off the forest but unrecorded breeding’ pony was beautifully behaved. He said, ‘Must be a good dose of something else in there.’ My purebred registered mare then decided to fulfil the stereotype- nothing nasty, just awkward. He told her to stop growling at him at one point 🤣! The other two registered NF ponies we’ve had were similar to her.
 
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