poiuytrewq
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I have a horse, I like him- no one else does!
When we were on livery I used to get stories of him attacking people and being very aggressive when they tried to get their horses out of the field. I admit I didn't really believe it, he is fine with me, a little highly strung at times but never ever nasty. I used to go out with them and watch but he never did anything with me around.
Then a friend had him and had similar reports off people, again she didn't believe it (we only just discussed this recently and found we both had similar stories)
Now he's in my own private field with my other horse, daughters pony and his Shetland companion. All has been great bar the odd report of aggression by my other half who is clearly a little scared of him.
More recently though I notice my daughter is becoming worried by him and this worries me!
It seems he is naughty with nervous people and this will be shown with aggression which in turn causes fear and so on, like a vicious circle.
I tell my daughter and o/h not to be scared and if they act confidently around him he will be absolutely fine but I understand this is easy for me to say.
I don't really understand why this is happening. He's never in 6 years bitten or even tried to nip me or kicked me but he can be really nasty to other people (that said id not trust him 100% as in he's not one id stand directly behind whilst he sniffed another horse!)
Anything I can do?
When we were on livery I used to get stories of him attacking people and being very aggressive when they tried to get their horses out of the field. I admit I didn't really believe it, he is fine with me, a little highly strung at times but never ever nasty. I used to go out with them and watch but he never did anything with me around.
Then a friend had him and had similar reports off people, again she didn't believe it (we only just discussed this recently and found we both had similar stories)
Now he's in my own private field with my other horse, daughters pony and his Shetland companion. All has been great bar the odd report of aggression by my other half who is clearly a little scared of him.
More recently though I notice my daughter is becoming worried by him and this worries me!
It seems he is naughty with nervous people and this will be shown with aggression which in turn causes fear and so on, like a vicious circle.
I tell my daughter and o/h not to be scared and if they act confidently around him he will be absolutely fine but I understand this is easy for me to say.
I don't really understand why this is happening. He's never in 6 years bitten or even tried to nip me or kicked me but he can be really nasty to other people (that said id not trust him 100% as in he's not one id stand directly behind whilst he sniffed another horse!)
Anything I can do?