Self turning out horse... not in a good way!!!

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.. she was very nearly free to a good home last night the little madam :mad:

Basically she is out with her 2 geldings and they have been put in with another mare and little shetland.

The other mare is in full blown season, and I mean squirting at everything that moves, but she has taken a shine to Buffy and the feeling is mutual!!

I was mucking B out last night, with my wheelbarrow in the doorway as usual and I thought, gosh she has trashed her stable... next thing I know she has barged the wheelbarrow out of the way and turned herself out, jumping the electric fencing into the field to be with her new girlfriend.

I caught her after a few minutes, checked her over and thankfully she was fine!

This is VERY unlike B to get so attached to anything! Working her is a nightmare because they just keeping calling to eachother.

They will be seperated come winter and I am hoping once new mare is out of season her hormones will calm down...

Unfortunately seperating them isn't an option at the moment because the field new mare is going to go into for winter is being rested. So B will stay out 24/7 in the hopes that if she hasn't wound herself up all day being seperated from new mare she will be more settled..and she won't trash the stable!!! :mad:

I have never known such a behavior change!

The moral of this story is:
Anyone want a self turning out horse... free to a good home :D :D :D
 
Oops! Although I had a mare that jumped over the wheelbarrow - the best one was when she jumped over one of those big 2-wheeled things, went careering round the 3* event yard she was on, and nearly kicked the head girl the day after she arrived :o
 
i used to have a nf pony that did not approve of the not going in the field on sj mornings! whilst being mucked out he untied himself before trotting off down the lane to the field! very amusing in winter when all rugged up in his stable rug & quilt! i would have let him out in the mornings but it was his decision to be a silly bug to catch!
 
Why on earth do people 'block' stable doorways with a wheelbarrow while the horse is still inside? OP, you are not the only one I read about on here, so not getting at you. I was always taught that this was an incredibly dangerous thing to do and that boxes should be mucked out while the horse is outside, otherwise an accident waiting to happen.

Having said that our retired cob mare 'limboed' under a rope fixed across her doorway to allow the air in a couple of days ago, so maybe we are as bad! She had finished her haylage and made her way over to the big bale.
 
A horse at our stables died fence jumping. It was an accident waiting to happen as she had done it before and owner thought it was cute. Idiot he was.
 
Perlasasinger - I have always put the wheelbarrow in the doorway to muck out whether the horse was in the stable or not and if you knew this horse you would realise its REALLY uncharacteristic of her. She usually never goes past "the line" on the concrete! But I suppose we all have our bad days. I am going to attach some twine to the tie ring in her stable until she settles down I think. I should have read her better and realised she was uptight.

Kaylum - well that owner is very silly :eek: I certainly do not think its cute and will be doing everything possible to prevent it! I was so worried about her legs...

SuzieT - I can safely say I have learnt my lesson.

Touch wood she seems to have settled alot more now they are not seperated for so long, hopefully I will be able to work her now without them calling to eachother!!!
 
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