MrsNorris
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New mare plus pony have joined my older cob on diy livery, they seemed to settle ok, but 3 times now over the last 2 weeks the mare has, out of nowhere, squealed, reversed at speed into my old boy and double barrelled him. This is only what Ive seen of course, she could be doing it repeatedly, I dont know.
This last time, I was getting him through the gate when it happened, she had followed us from half way across the field, and whilst I was doing the gate, she attacked. We were lucky to get away without getting hurt or worse, it was quite frightening.
My horse is doing nothing to initiate theses attacks as far as I can see, the other two attacks happened as the 3 of them appeared to just be grazing quietly. Both times, I was approaching mine to catch him, but still 100 yards or more away, he hadnt even looked up as yet, just minding his own busines.
Shes a big young mare and has back shoes on, Im worried that she could really hurt him, hes older and not fast or agile enough to get away. She has no respect for electric fencing so separating them like that is not an option.
Does the squealing first mean anything? Is it a hormonal thing maybe? Her pony companion is also a mare. My horse is not showing any interest in either of them, and has been kept his whole life in mixed herds of all sizes without issue. Any ideas on why shes behaving this way and what I can do to resolve the situation?
This last time, I was getting him through the gate when it happened, she had followed us from half way across the field, and whilst I was doing the gate, she attacked. We were lucky to get away without getting hurt or worse, it was quite frightening.
My horse is doing nothing to initiate theses attacks as far as I can see, the other two attacks happened as the 3 of them appeared to just be grazing quietly. Both times, I was approaching mine to catch him, but still 100 yards or more away, he hadnt even looked up as yet, just minding his own busines.
Shes a big young mare and has back shoes on, Im worried that she could really hurt him, hes older and not fast or agile enough to get away. She has no respect for electric fencing so separating them like that is not an option.
Does the squealing first mean anything? Is it a hormonal thing maybe? Her pony companion is also a mare. My horse is not showing any interest in either of them, and has been kept his whole life in mixed herds of all sizes without issue. Any ideas on why shes behaving this way and what I can do to resolve the situation?