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Date Posted: 08:31:14 10/17/02 Thu
Author: Silvia
Subject: Re: Standoffish paint
In reply to: Lori 's message, "Standoffish paint" on 15:18:34 10/16/02 Wed

Horses in a herd will always behave differently to how they behave when they are separate and kept, for example, in stables for riding.

Your paint mare sounds like the boss mare. Watch your horses in the paddock at feed time. Who gets pushed around by whom? If your mare is the one doing all the pushing around and none of the other horses bother her, she is the boss mare.

Boss mares especially tend to not come up when 'asked'. It isn't distrust, its disinterest. You want your horses to come up? Every time you go out there, give them all a little piece of carrot. We've done it with our band of broodmares and youngsters for years and they are always happy to come up. If they get pushy, they get a smack and no carrot. It can be quite funny to see a long line of mares all waiting politely for their tidbit of carrot.

If you need this mare to be more friendly then really you will need to take her away from the herd environment and make her more dependant on her 'human herd' in a stable. Otherwise try the carrot (dont catch them every time they come up, or they won't bother coming up).

Don't take it personally that she is standoffish - remember this is a horse, not a person. She isn't doing it for the same reasons a person would.

Good luck with it
Silvia
http://ww.american-saddlebred.net

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