If there's an event at the yard and my 3 are stabled I put my fiancé's name across the doors (he owns the yard) as an indication not to touch them It's kinda rude here to pet horses that have names going across the door that aren't yours
Celeste It's more. He's not nice to anyone And he's owner is almost never. So I think it's more she doesn't want to take the risk if he hurts someone. Staff or otherwise
What Buckeye says is true. And it is why that horse I posted below bites. He was taught it was ok, never really disciplined all throughout childhood and now we have a pushy arrogant crackhead on the ground. There has to be balance between being your horses friend and being your horses trainer.
Oklahoma is a "biter". Either she's being defensive because the person crossed one of her many boundaries, or she's being curious. She's gotten better with the second since I got her hay ball toy
My horses love me, they come when called, easy to catch and handle. But being *besties* can be misconstrued by many, and lead to horses with pushy and dangerous ground manners. They are still a large animal! That is where training and respect come in. Horses can love you and still realize you are a leader not an equal
We have a horse that bites. Victim of not enough work on his ground manners. He is an ass on the ground, but is phenomenal in the saddle. He is currently stalled in a stall not usually passed by by people, and when we have events we do this: -Click- -Click-
Star/Elf - I only have a theory. I was using an older bale feeder and she jumped in, broke it somehow, then cut herself somehow. She was fine at night check then the next morning she had that cut and the feeder was broken
Wraith, Xenophon was way before his time, from ancient times, and was known as an expert horseman back then. He brought forth the idea that force was not the way to train. And so much more.
I was watching YouTube and found a short where a girl got mad and was crying during the show so she hit the horse... she shouldn't have that horse in her possession
The barn owner where we ride. Has a dilemma. One of the boarders horses bit one of the lesson kids. Just for putting food back in his trough. Apparently he's food aggressive and he corner one of the assistants that was cleaning out his stall... She said she was about ready to kick them out...
I will have to look that up Buckeye. I am always willing to learn, just not what has been slung my way as natural horsemanship. Literally almost got me killed on one of her own school horses.