Chestnut mare
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Biting...... She has always been a bit sensitive when doing up girth but now it's when I do up rug,brush her,put headcollar on, put bridle on grrr 
Whats your biggest bugbear about horses's manners?
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fburton
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My biggest bugbear about horses' manners? The idea that a lack of them is due to the horse actually disrespecting the person, or being higher up the "pecking order", or similar malarkey, instead of simply due to a lack of adequate teaching!
Cyberchick
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Gosh my list could go on and on but the ones that seem to infuriate me the most seem to be on the ground so I would have to say pawing the ground when tied up grrrrrr, door banging, attacking the hay net when tying it up, barging whether it be out of the stable or dragging you for that piece of grass that they eyed up miles away, head rubbing, hearing teeth crack together as I walk past a stable as they lunge at you.
dibbin
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I would say that horses' manners generally are my biggest bugbear! My boy was almost always (unless he had one of his TB spanner moments) impeccably mannered, and never ignorant. I don't understand why people don't teach their horses a bit of respect, it's not that hard.
But if you want me to be specific - probably barging, or pulling/planting when led. And horses who REFUSE TO STAND STILL. Or generally ignore you. I could go on forever ...
But if you want me to be specific - probably barging, or pulling/planting when led. And horses who REFUSE TO STAND STILL. Or generally ignore you. I could go on forever ...
Tr0uble
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Apparent ignorance!
This includes most of the things named previously like barging and pushing....I just hate horses who don't try. I respect my horses and in turn they respect me, my size and my space and we work around each other.
This includes most of the things named previously like barging and pushing....I just hate horses who don't try. I respect my horses and in turn they respect me, my size and my space and we work around each other.
L&M
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Ones that lean on fencing to get too grass on other side, drives me up the wall.....
feisty_filly
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shetlands that are excused for nipping because there small! why should size matter? the wee monster just bit me therfor it gets told off!
bargy horses, the horse i have on loan just now i cant do anything with in the stable unless his head is hanging over the door! its just rude!
lazy horses, there realy should be no excuse for you to sit and kick a thousand times befor the horse moves!
bargy horses, the horse i have on loan just now i cant do anything with in the stable unless his head is hanging over the door! its just rude!
lazy horses, there realy should be no excuse for you to sit and kick a thousand times befor the horse moves!
Pixxie
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mine would have to be again horse with no concept of personal space, so far as you cant stand near their door without them grabbing hold of some part of you or similar for attention
horses that count or kick the door drives me insane!
lunging for a feed bowl whilst its still in your hands, snatching at grass when being led, barging and horses that when being led walk pushing their shoulder against yours
wow!! im intolerant lol
horses that count or kick the door drives me insane!
lunging for a feed bowl whilst its still in your hands, snatching at grass when being led, barging and horses that when being led walk pushing their shoulder against yours
wow!! im intolerant lol
Spotsrock
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The personal space thing REALLY gets me but the main 1 is wall-hugging!
When they stand 1 side flat against the wall and refuse to move away from it. They cling to it stubbornly when you try to push them out from the front end and you can't get next to them so you have to stand behind them to push them over.
I've known 1 or 2 do it through nerves in a new place but a lady I know has 1 who does it when he sees a saddle approach, glues himself to the wall so you can't get the saddle on him. It's just soo rude. (yes she has back lady and saddle was fitted by saddler!) I've come across a few that do it as a matter of course. Ice tried it, took me less than a week to fix it so why do people let them do it? Same when you go to put bridle on and they plant their head against the wall.
When they stand 1 side flat against the wall and refuse to move away from it. They cling to it stubbornly when you try to push them out from the front end and you can't get next to them so you have to stand behind them to push them over.
I've known 1 or 2 do it through nerves in a new place but a lady I know has 1 who does it when he sees a saddle approach, glues himself to the wall so you can't get the saddle on him. It's just soo rude. (yes she has back lady and saddle was fitted by saddler!) I've come across a few that do it as a matter of course. Ice tried it, took me less than a week to fix it so why do people let them do it? Same when you go to put bridle on and they plant their head against the wall.
mimbulator
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My mare is generally good. good to lead, ride, bath, traffic, plait/pull, clip etc.
My only complaints are,
* she refuses to tie up. she snaps headcollars, ropes, whatever she is tied to but when she is free she doesnt go anywhere.
*nudges me with her shoulder/bum till you give it scratch.
*just a personal bugbear but she tries to help muck out. throws the bucket, tips the wheelbarrow, grabs the end of the fork and pulls the bristles out of my yard brush.
*She HATES my vet,tries to squash him the second he enters the stable.
*If something is in her way (wheelbarrow/wall/door) she will keep pushing it with her head or chest until it gives way or you pull her away. Yard owner is adament that her stubborn streak comes from the fact that she is half heavy horse and that the police would love her.
Despite the stubborn streak and her tendancy to just push through things she is really good over her jumps and with small children. Think she is finally growing up.
My only complaints are,
* she refuses to tie up. she snaps headcollars, ropes, whatever she is tied to but when she is free she doesnt go anywhere.
*nudges me with her shoulder/bum till you give it scratch.
*just a personal bugbear but she tries to help muck out. throws the bucket, tips the wheelbarrow, grabs the end of the fork and pulls the bristles out of my yard brush.
*She HATES my vet,tries to squash him the second he enters the stable.
*If something is in her way (wheelbarrow/wall/door) she will keep pushing it with her head or chest until it gives way or you pull her away. Yard owner is adament that her stubborn streak comes from the fact that she is half heavy horse and that the police would love her.
Despite the stubborn streak and her tendancy to just push through things she is really good over her jumps and with small children. Think she is finally growing up.
stroppy
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Door Kicking/Foot Scraping or a horse that has been taught to say 'please' that makes me want to super glue the horses foot to the floor and shoot the owner thast taught it to do it!
treacle_beastie
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all of them annoy me.
My horse has a new one each week I swear she just likes to play little annoying games with me to wind me up. She knows when shes done something wrong cos she gets out of the way b4 I can tell her off!
Her latest 2 annoying things are biting my bum when I go to pick her front feet out and when I put her bridle on if I am tacking up outside her stable she sneaks off when I am doing the throatlash/noseband up just teeny weeny little creeping steps away from me so it takes me longer - not like shes trying to get away either - shes walking off to the mounting block as if to tell me to hurry up faffing! Drives me nuts!
Most of the time there is a reason for her behaviour so I try to see what it is thats causing it before i tell her off and nip it in the bud before it escalates!
My horse has a new one each week I swear she just likes to play little annoying games with me to wind me up. She knows when shes done something wrong cos she gets out of the way b4 I can tell her off!
Her latest 2 annoying things are biting my bum when I go to pick her front feet out and when I put her bridle on if I am tacking up outside her stable she sneaks off when I am doing the throatlash/noseband up just teeny weeny little creeping steps away from me so it takes me longer - not like shes trying to get away either - shes walking off to the mounting block as if to tell me to hurry up faffing! Drives me nuts!
Most of the time there is a reason for her behaviour so I try to see what it is thats causing it before i tell her off and nip it in the bud before it escalates!