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Hi havent posted on here for ages but could really do with some help

Ive owned jazz ( welsh x mare 6years old) since october last year, been going really well taken her sj dressage and xc schoolng etc. But my friends just got a horse on loan for the summer, but jazz absolutly hates her, there not in a field together or anything, but shes been trying to lunge at her over the fence and when stabled etc. My main concern is that shes also been like that towards me and other people at thae yard. Today i held on to her headcollar as she went to lunge at this horse as it walked past stable and she just turned round and took a chunk out of my arm.
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Sorry for the long post its all totally out of character as shes the nicest horse going always the first to come troting over to me but i dont know why this perticular horse is having such a negative effect on her? any suggestions would be really good.


p.s took jazz to stay where the other horse came from 2 weeks ago to use arena etc. and there shared a field and were fine together?
 
Shes been getting worse behaviour wise, shes just normally really chilled and fine meeting new horses etc its just really odd :/
 
My horse is terrible with newbies, he lunges at them over the door, and chases them away from the herd when they are in the field. After a few weeks he is fine and the new horse will be accepted into the herd. However, I class him as very stallionish, he was gelded late and it shows. I do tell him off when he goes at them, just so he doesn't actually get to them, but he's not doing it to be mean, just asserting his self, so I'll only shout to distract his attention really, not to punish him.

However, he would never ever turn on me, and if he did, I'm sorry but I'd go ditz at him, and he'd get a wallop on the nose. I am lead mare I'm afraid, that's how it is!

Give it a bit of time, maybe try giving her a hormone supp if it get really bad, as that can sometimes help mood swings. I have a feeling once the pecking order has been established, everything will calm back down and she will go back to being her normal self. If she does try to dominate you however, do take action, as it could get out of hand, make sure you make it known to her that it is not ok to have a go at you, be it aimed at you or by accident.
 
melandjazz said:
p.s took jazz to stay where the other horse came from 2 weeks ago to use arena etc. and there shared a field and were fine together?
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This is because the dominant horse is not on her own territory, she is on an unfamiliar one, so she won't display the same behaviour as she would at home.
 
SophieLouBee said:
My horse is terrible with newbies, he lunges at them over the door, and chases them away from the herd when they are in the field. After a few weeks he is fine and the new horse will be accepted into the herd. However, I class him as very stallionish, he was gelded late and it shows. I do tell him off when he goes at them, just so he doesn't actually get to them, but he's not doing it to be mean, just asserting his self, so I'll only shout to distract his attention really, not to punish him.

However, he would never ever turn on me, and if he did, I'm sorry but I'd go ditz at him, and he'd get a wallop on the nose. I am lead mare I'm afraid, that's how it is!

Give it a bit of time, maybe try giving her a hormone supp if it get really bad, as that can sometimes help mood swings. I have a feeling once the pecking order has been established, everything will calm back down and she will go back to being her normal self. If she does try to dominate you however, do take action, as it could get out of hand, make sure you make it known to her that it is not ok to have a go at you, be it aimed at you or by accident.
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Agree with this. Mt tb was gelded as a 4yo and can be very dominant although nowhere near as dominant as my ID, which is why I had problems with the pair of them. I am the alpha to them though, you must keep on top or else they'll walk all over you. If either of mine bit me, they'd get a good wallop! There's no excuse for that!
 
Agree with all the above. My friend has a new horse and my lad flew at him through the bars when they were in the stables together the other day. He did the twice, diff was second time he charged he nearly knocked me over. He didnt mean to but since i was tacking him up and it was bad manners he got a smack on his shoulder and a telling off for being rude and bargy. Not in the habit of beating horses but sometimes they need it and he's not done it since. They're in the same field herd and first day together there were a few scraps but nothing serious, all of them have got a few scrapes but nothing major and they seem to have sorted ut the pecking order now. however, If he ever went for him and then got me i'd go ballistic at him, no horse should be like that with you! My lad is very dominant, him and his 'boyfriend' in the field are top horses and any new horse gets a seeing to. Suffice to say they've settled down now, still have to give him a warning if they're in stables but otherwise much better. Give it time and your horse will calm down!
 
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