Unusual habit?!

[Dominique]

I have just bought a new horse that paws the ground until he is fed, is this just impatience? None of my others have ever done this

 

[donablue]

my gelding does that in a morning when he sees me walking down to turn them out.
and also on an evening when they are due to be put in and he sees me with the feed buckets.

 

[Dominique]

Glad someone else has seen this, it just takes time to get use to their habits when they're new I suppose

 

[landyandy]

when i first got my mare, she used to do it, she did it that bad she had to have front shoes on when she was 2 years old, she is 18 now, and she hardly does it now!

 

[burtondog]

Mine does it too around feeding time. You might want to invest in a piece of rubber matting by the stable door, it'll save you on front shoes !

 

[Dominique]

Good idea, thanks for the tip!

 

[scotsmare]

My 2 year old does it - think it's just impatience more than anything else.

 

[sachak]

my new horse does it and its just an attention seeking thing at the mo!!!

 

[katie_southwest]

My old pony used to do it, to the point where she wore away the concrete and you could see a dip in the floor...she had issues

 

[Sharonr]

I don't think it is an unusual habit at all. It is their way of showing impatience.

My horse does it when I stand chatting to people too long and keep him waiting or when I'm in the field with my other horse when he is doing it for attention seeking.

 

[Dominique]

It works as well don't you think! It certainly gets my attention!

 

[hellybelly6]

My horse does it at feed time and when he is frustrated.

I think it is a horse thing.

 

[donablue]

arghhhh went down to put mine in last night.
as usual blue was scraping his hoof on the floor!
the yearling then decided she was going to do it to!

i said give up! dont you start that.
thankfully she stopped .
will see if she does it tonight.