RunToEarth
Well-Known Member
eugh, he has only been back from his winter holidays a week and he is already public enemy number one.
He is 12 now, and should know better, but was hand reared as a foal, let to get away with pretty much anything and was quite spoiled.
He is a little attention seeker and uses biting and chewing things (and people) as a way of attracting a crowd.
He bites me when I don't talk to him enough, he bites other horses out in the field, he chews the other horse's bridle when I ride and lead, gates, fencing, leadropes, and today when I stopped to talk to a friend out hacking he even started nibbling on a disgarded traffic cone
When I scald him for doing it, he does it more, I'm absolutely sure of it, almost like now he has caught my attention he wants to keep it, what do you do with a pony like that?! I'm not so bothered about the biting things, but biting me and the other horses is a bit of a nightmare, as the two other horses he is turned out with are pretty neat show horses, not best pleased when they get bitten. I can't put him in a seperate field just yet as it is very wet. Help?
He is 12 now, and should know better, but was hand reared as a foal, let to get away with pretty much anything and was quite spoiled.
He is a little attention seeker and uses biting and chewing things (and people) as a way of attracting a crowd.
He bites me when I don't talk to him enough, he bites other horses out in the field, he chews the other horse's bridle when I ride and lead, gates, fencing, leadropes, and today when I stopped to talk to a friend out hacking he even started nibbling on a disgarded traffic cone
When I scald him for doing it, he does it more, I'm absolutely sure of it, almost like now he has caught my attention he wants to keep it, what do you do with a pony like that?! I'm not so bothered about the biting things, but biting me and the other horses is a bit of a nightmare, as the two other horses he is turned out with are pretty neat show horses, not best pleased when they get bitten. I can't put him in a seperate field just yet as it is very wet. Help?