lottie940
Well-Known Member
I am in desperate need of advice.
I have an 18month old gelding cob which I own and he is in the field with my 20 year old anglo arab loan horse. Up until a week ago it was just my two boys in there together but recently one of the other horses has been moved from the yard leaving a horse on its own.
The horse belongs to the owner of the land and I loan my arab from her daughter just to put you in the picture.
As she did not want to leave her horse in on his own she suggested that we try him in the field with my two on the proviso that if it was not working that she would put him back on his own side and get a companion for him. This was last Tuesday. It has been a week now and my two are still petrified of him( he's not a very friendly horse) and its just not working out. Fetching them in is a nightmare as my two will not come up the field willingly in case the other horse is lurking about so this now takes twice as long and considerable effort. My youngster was chased into the stable area by the other horse on the first evening forcing my arab(who is just recovering from a ligament injury) to step in and defend my youngster. My arab slipped and nearly went all the way over. Since then we have had to keep the two groups separate over night as I cannot trust the other horse not to corner either of mine in the stabling and shelters.
This morning I have gone to turn them out into the big field together so I led the other horse through into the middle of the big field and then let my two through but the other horse came back and refused to allow them into the field charging at them. My arab reversed and ran back towards me but my youngster could not move in time and ended up having to leap into a fairly deep ditch to escape the other horse. I then had to hold my breath whilst he tried to scrabble out.
its all a nightmare, I tried politely suggesting grazing them with a fence in-between yesterday but was flatly told "no" and she reminded me it was her land and if I was going to be awkward I could take my youngster and go as that would allow her to keep her stepdaughters horse and she would just put him in with her horse even though they don't get on. She keeps telling me that I have not given the situation enough time but I am starting to think we are going to have to have an injury or vet bill before she sees sense.
I fell totally got my the short and curlies. I don't want to lose my loan horse or part him from my youngster but I'm beginning to feel that I'm going to have no choice:-(
I haven't approached the owner of my loan horse and I'm not sure how much she knows about what is going on as she does not live at the yard. I don't know whether to ring her and speak with her and see what my options are for moving them together or if this may be seen as stirring.Or should I just cut my losses and find another horse to ride and move my youngster??
What would you all do????
I have an 18month old gelding cob which I own and he is in the field with my 20 year old anglo arab loan horse. Up until a week ago it was just my two boys in there together but recently one of the other horses has been moved from the yard leaving a horse on its own.
The horse belongs to the owner of the land and I loan my arab from her daughter just to put you in the picture.
As she did not want to leave her horse in on his own she suggested that we try him in the field with my two on the proviso that if it was not working that she would put him back on his own side and get a companion for him. This was last Tuesday. It has been a week now and my two are still petrified of him( he's not a very friendly horse) and its just not working out. Fetching them in is a nightmare as my two will not come up the field willingly in case the other horse is lurking about so this now takes twice as long and considerable effort. My youngster was chased into the stable area by the other horse on the first evening forcing my arab(who is just recovering from a ligament injury) to step in and defend my youngster. My arab slipped and nearly went all the way over. Since then we have had to keep the two groups separate over night as I cannot trust the other horse not to corner either of mine in the stabling and shelters.
This morning I have gone to turn them out into the big field together so I led the other horse through into the middle of the big field and then let my two through but the other horse came back and refused to allow them into the field charging at them. My arab reversed and ran back towards me but my youngster could not move in time and ended up having to leap into a fairly deep ditch to escape the other horse. I then had to hold my breath whilst he tried to scrabble out.
its all a nightmare, I tried politely suggesting grazing them with a fence in-between yesterday but was flatly told "no" and she reminded me it was her land and if I was going to be awkward I could take my youngster and go as that would allow her to keep her stepdaughters horse and she would just put him in with her horse even though they don't get on. She keeps telling me that I have not given the situation enough time but I am starting to think we are going to have to have an injury or vet bill before she sees sense.
I fell totally got my the short and curlies. I don't want to lose my loan horse or part him from my youngster but I'm beginning to feel that I'm going to have no choice:-(
I haven't approached the owner of my loan horse and I'm not sure how much she knows about what is going on as she does not live at the yard. I don't know whether to ring her and speak with her and see what my options are for moving them together or if this may be seen as stirring.Or should I just cut my losses and find another horse to ride and move my youngster??
What would you all do????
