putting the past away?

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heelo,
So its been a while since my last post but since then i have been digging about for info on my mare and i came across a not so nice story, appa at her last home the people didnt get on with her very well no matter how hard they argued with her and i quote "she is just one of those ponies you want to hit" OMG??? so hearing that certainly makes sence why sudden movement makes her run to the back of stable, anyway what i was wondering is there any herbal type thing i can give her to remove her fears from the past?? was thinking of star of bethehem??any ideas would be much wanted. just want her to relax and enjoy her time with me. thanks peeps xx
 
Don't know about any herbal remedies but I think fair, consistant handling with eventually win the day. Trust has to be earnt and learnt. She has to learn in her own time that you won't hurt her


And no I don't do Parelli
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How long have you had her? My pony used to be a nervous wreck, he'd always stand at the back of teh stable, nose to the corner when I ghot him, I was told he wouldn't tie upm and you couldn't touch him round his ears. He also panicked at any sudden movements and used to run in and out of the stable and launch himself down the wagon ramp too. Basically he had no trust him humans, had gone from pillar to post cos people couldn't cope with him, had ended up at a dealers, was apparently skin and bone when a yard we knew picked him up form there (think he'd been beaten into submission also). He looked stunning when we got him but he was just soo terrified of people really and enclosed spaces.

Basically I just treated him like I expected him to be any normal pony but made sure to never make a swift movement near him. Within about a week or so of having him he tied up fine (although he used to real off occasionally then the panic of that meant he wouldn't be tied up for a while). It took a while but we finally got him to walk in and out of stables and the wagon (although he would never walk into a stable without straw in , christ knows what happened to him in his past).

It just take time and patience but also you have to not make too big a deal out of things. My pony is now 21 (we got him aged 7), he's still a bit neurotic and does remember things far longer than a horse should but that's just him. he trusts us 100% I'd say and, although eh's always slightly nervy he stopped being head shy within a very short while and now actually loves his ears being rubbed. He is such a polite gentleman to handle and it does sadden me that someone in the past made him so scared but he's happy, you just need to let them get there at their own pace I think.
 
Some people are sick making, when i was tracing my old ponies history i found out he had had someone's initial burned onto his shoulder with a CIGARETTE! - I actually cried.
Just be kind to her she will gradually learn to trust you and when she knows no-one will hurt her again i'm sure she will be fine. She is lucky to have an owner that cares for her like you do x
 
My OH took on a Newfie mare who had been beaten by the previous owner. She did not want to come out of her field, she did not want to walk to the yard, hated having her face touched, reared and spun when anyone tried to get on, baulked or locked solid when trying to ride and napped / reared / spun like a dervish.

Lots of time, patience, consistent handling, patience, discipline and patience are needed. It took some time, but my OH's mare is now truly bombproof. Oh and she really likes it when I scritch under her chin
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Your pony has to associate you with good things happening.
 
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