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Hey,
I’m back again, but not for my horse… it’s for my friend’s horse. I have never seen this before in my life! I have been working with my friend’s mare for a long time now and she was doing really well. But now, they may have to sell her.
You see, my friend that owns the horse is only 10 years old. Here is the story. I told my friend to lunge the horse in the round pen, but when he went to go lunge her she turned and ATTACKED HIM! Thankfully, he jumped out of the pen in time! If it was not for him being so quick, she would have killed him! A few days before she had tried doing the same thing to me but I stood my ground and had to hit her with the lung whip to get her away. Then I went on working with her.
Would you mind giving any advice on what to do with this horse? Right now I think the best thing is to sell her to a more experienced rider and get my friend a new horse. What do you think?
Thanks,
Baffled on YouTube (ino89777)
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Hello,
Thanks for the question. It certainly sounds like an interesting case. For whatever reason the mare is behaving this way…be it fear, dominance, aggression, or past experience and abuse…she sounds like she is too much for the owner to handle. I would recommend finding a good home for her with someone that is able to get into her head and help her get over whatever is causing this behavior. (I can’t tell you what is causing it, without seeing the behavior in person.)
Another option would be finding a good Natural Horsemanship trainer that can help the horse get over this. (Depending on your location, I would be happy to come and work with the horse.)
I would also recommend having a good Natural Horsemanship trainer or clinician come and watch the owner work with the horse. They would be able to see why the horse is behaving this way and what the owner can do to help the horse. The problem could be something as simple as the way the owner presented what he wanted to the horse. Again, I would be happy to help out.
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Thanks again for the question,
Chelsie Kallestad
www.chelsienaturalhorsemanship.com
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