Tonight I've had my confidence knocked

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With my 11 month old...had farrier out for the first time since weaning and he was horrendous he was rearing up without a care for himself or anyone around him...He has been trimmed up 3 time prior to this with no probems..so tonight I am nursing rope burns,sore shoulders,and arms..and wondering whats gone wrong..:confused: hes a well handled young man who has had issues tonight...farriers said he need to know whos boss as he aleady stands at 15.1 maybe 15.2 but he knows I'm boss...he has never ever acted like this before...so when do I show him who's boss when he's normally good to be around I feel like bugger i dont know how I feel...is it a blip..is he going through temper tantrums...he did throw a wobbly about being stabled on his own for the first time last week..gah my heads gone:(:( sorry turned into a let off steam post :o:o
 
Oh no, has he has a bit of a scare with the farrier? Is he still ok with you picking his feet up etc? What about other people? It might have just been a one off, maybe something earlier in the day had wound him up?

Hope he behaves himself from now on x
 
I bet your vet is a man and the horse didn't enjoy the gelding experience and was worried that something unpleasant was going to happen to him on this occasion when a man was dealing with him. If I were you, I would get as many confident men as possible to visit your horse and when he accepts them stroking him etc, get them to pick up his feet and do all the usual things to get him comfortable with having his feet trimmed again.
Good luck!
 
somethingorother said:
Oh no, has he has a bit of a scare with the farrier? Is he still ok with you picking his feet up etc? What about other people? It might have just been a one off, maybe something earlier in the day had wound him up?

Hope he behaves himself from now on x
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No he has always had good visits..normally hasnt even been held :eek:..yep good with his feet...loves other people albeit they dont pick his feet up LOL...hopefuly it was a one off as it was just so out of nature :( but might just up the handling messing anti a bit...but farriers say show him whos boss but he is very chilled so not really had to show him whos boss so maybe will have to start asking more of him...:confused:
 
Pearlsasinger said:
I bet your vet is a man and the horse didn't enjoy the gelding experience and was worried that something unpleasant was going to happen to him on this occasion when a man was dealing with him. If I were you, I would get as many confident men as possible to visit your horse and when he accepts them stroking him etc, get them to pick up his feet and do all the usual things to get him comfortable with having his feet trimmed again.
Good luck!
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Vet was a woman..:D..But I dod think you may have a point with the procedure part of things he was very blowy/huffy just leading him up to farrier..which is not like him...just hope its out of his sytem..farrier/s yes two of them in the end got him done and afterwards (15mins) went back in and picked all four up no problems...so hopefully a lesson learned...I just feel so **** atm wondering if I really should have bred this horse:(
 
Don't take it personally, it could have been anything but at his age and with a solid foundation he will surely be as quiet as a lamb next time- get yourself a radox bath and glass of wine :)
 
thats just the way youngsters are. the good thing is he obviously learnt his lesson, he's always going to push n see how far he can go. they are like children in my experience. u may be a little hurt and bruised but remember u got it done!!
we had a colt years ago that was a horror, i ended up with concussion just bringing it in. i was made to deal with him pretty much against my will. but now i see why cos i can cope much better for the experience.
having said all that i've said my current youngster will be the last as i worry constantly about everything lol. i dont have the constitution for it haha
 
^^^ what MM said. :)

He is a horse, most dont need more than that as an excuse for a tantrum once in a while!

"farrier/s yes two of them in the end got him done and afterwards (15mins) went back in and picked all four up no problems...so hopefully a lesson learned..." - he obviously didnt get away with it :D and has nicely trimmed footsies, and had calmed down a bit by the end. I think you should hope this is a bit of a one-off, and maybe wear gloves next time so if he gets upset again, at least you will be minus the rope burns! :)

Now, dont beat yourself up, and go top up that wine glass!
 
liannexsx said:
thats just the way youngsters are. the good thing is he obviously learnt his lesson, he's always going to push n see how far he can go. they are like children in my experience. u may be a little hurt and bruised but remember u got it done!!
we had a colt years ago that was a horror, i ended up with concussion just bringing it in. i was made to deal with him pretty much against my will. but now i see why cos i can cope much better for the experience.
having said all that i've said my current youngster will be the last as i worry constantly about everything lol. i dont have the constitution for it haha
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Thank you for sharing your experiance's I think thats what I needed...just some reassurance..as I have never bred before and this is really his first *putting a foot wrong* but it came from nowhere...but I think thats what has wound me up he has been a lamb up until tonight even when he had his balls he was quiet to be around..I think I just felt a little out of my depth tonight as I dont recall in 20+ years having a horse flailing around my head!! went back up tonight to see him and he came trotting over neighing so he obviously doesnt hate me for his ordeal LOL :D
 
KitKat_89 said:
^^^ what MM said. :)

He is a horse, most dont need more than that as an excuse for a tantrum once in a while!

"farrier/s yes two of them in the end got him done and afterwards (15mins) went back in and picked all four up no problems...so hopefully a lesson learned..." - he obviously didnt get away with it :D and has nicely trimmed footsies, and had calmed down a bit by the end. I think you should hope this is a bit of a one-off, and maybe wear gloves next time so if he gets upset again, at least you will be minus the rope burns! :)

Now, dont beat yourself up, and go top up that wine glass!
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Thank you...oooh more wine yay...Gloves kicking myself on that score as always wear them apart from today :rolleyes: ha them on when I brought them in but took em off to hold him in stable :rolleyes: so with major burns 3 popped nails and some huge looking blisters dont think I will go down the barehand route again :rolleyes::D Thank you again :)
 
its soo stressful. my yearling is a decent size (15.1hh at 12months), i got in the wrong place practising trotting her in the autumn and got the end of a buck rite up and under my ribs. its still sore, had a bruised liver and think now muscle damage. but i wont get in the wrong place again! haha.
 
charliesarmy said:
Vet was a woman..:D..But I dod think you may have a point with the procedure part of things he was very blowy/huffy just leading him up to farrier..which is not like him...just hope its out of his sytem..farrier/s yes two of them in the end got him done and afterwards (15mins) went back in and picked all four up no problems...so hopefully a lesson learned...I just feel so **** atm wondering if I really should have bred this horse:(
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Well I've lost my bet then;)
Seriously, it sounds as though this might just have been a one off, as a response to the gelding procedure. As you got him trimmed and he was fine afterwards, it sounds as though he will probably be ok but if not some sedalin will probably sort things out and settle him down. When he's had a few uneventful sessions I'm sure he'll be fine.
 
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