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From:Troy, PA 16947
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posted 03-01-2004 09:29 AM         

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hi everyone
i have a problem wit my 10 month old halflinger quarter horse. he is biting terrible i have tried pulling his head down. but he still bites. and yesterday i went down to feed him and i have to walk into his barn stall and feed him and when i turned around to walk out he turned around and ran out after me bucking around and just being wierd. i have been telling everyone it's b/c he is a baby. but i don't know. i put him on a lead and was walking with him and all the sudden he flipped out and started rearing and bucking so i hung on and yanked his head down and he stopped but he is scaring me i am kind of afraid to be in the pen with him b/c i don't want him to hurt me. but i go in and he tries to like push me with his neck. i think he just wants to play . but i am not quite his size so he spooks me. if anyone could help me out with this i would really appreciate it.
thanks
he also has absoluty no training so that is what i am trying to do

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posted 03-01-2004 03:21 PM         

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Hi Melanie, my name is Jeannine and I have an 8 month old stud colt. Do you have a round pin or a safe area you can put him in daily for exercise? He is full of energy and you are his only play toy at this time. If you can get him a big ball to put in with him or hang a treat ball up for him to play with to help keep him occupied, he just needs to play. The biting should stop along with putting him out to play. If it doesn't there are a few things you can do but give him that chance of putting him out during the days. I hope this helps, Jeannine

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posted 03-02-2004 04:46 AM         

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he is out all day and i do actually have a ball in with him. he is in a round pen and he plays all day. he loves the ball constantly kicking it around and biting at it. and when hhe gets all riled up he runs into the barn and back to the fence and around the pen bucking kicking and just playin around. i thought that he would be worn out by the end of the day but he can just keep doing it. i don't know what else to do. thank you for your help though i really appreciate it.

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posted 03-02-2004 05:18 AM         

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Is he turned out alone, or with others? If he's with others, how many, mares/geldings/both, and is he boss of the group? How much room is he turned out on?

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posted 03-02-2004 09:12 AM         

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he is in the penn by himself it is like 1 1/2 acres he is in. i just got him a week ago sunday. so i thought maybe too b/c the place is so new to him he might be acting like that. there are bulls on the other side of him in another fence but they seem to get along good. and where he is at is my only option so i cannot move him. i also think the prob maybe is b/c he was with 4 other horses where he was at before. the bulls i mentioned earlier are also like 10 months old there are 4 of them in the other pen with an electric fence between them and chicken fence too. but like i said they don't even acknowledge each other half the time. the guy i bought remington from is having his daughter come up and she is going to work with him and see for herself how he is acting and see what she can do. maybe it is b/c he was with other horses and now he isn't . i just want him to trust me and i want to be able to trust him and him not scare me.

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posted 03-02-2004 06:16 PM         

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It's very possible that he's acting up because he's alone. Especially if he's used to being with other horses. Horses are heard animals, and do best with buddies. 1 1/2 acres is small for two horses, but if you could get him a companion (a donkey, a mini, a goat, or another horse) that could (not will, but could) solve a lot of the problems.

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posted 03-03-2004 04:50 AM         

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i heard that you can't put minitures in with reg. size horses. is that true? and if you can put one in is a min. male ok? thanks

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posted 03-03-2004 05:05 AM         

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Sounds like he's just being a typical boy! Definatly needs more exersize and a quite a bit more ground manners. Putting him with a playmate won't hurt. Mini's are quite tough little things, and olderones will often times take the alpha roll to a normal size youngster.

Try more exersize and work on your lead and ground manners. He's getting to the age of a stallion and time to geld, I highly reccommend this unless your intending on breeding.

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posted 03-03-2004 09:06 AM         

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i am going to geld him i have been reading alot on it and i will use gelding as my option. i would like to ride him.

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posted 03-03-2004 10:33 AM         

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Sounds like you've got a good path ahead of you. Gelding is simple, if taken care of properly and with in a year and a half, you'll be riding! Good luck. Would love to see photo's!!!

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posted 03-03-2004 03:13 PM         

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i will get some photos for you and thank you everyone for your help

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posted 03-05-2004 06:11 PM         

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Not sure of what you are feeding him, but if hes getting grain, you may want to take him off it entierly, and if you are feeding alfalfa, switch to a grass or mostly grass hay. Also, don't be afraid to get help from someone in your area that has a good knowledge of horses. Sounds to me like your boy is going through a testing period right now and you're losing. He'll know if your even a little afraid and take advatage of that. Get help to get firm and don't be afraid to be a bit agressive with him. Not mean or abusive, but agressive like the alpha mare in a herd would be. He needs to learn to respect you and your space. Don't wait too long to geld him. If he is 5-6 months old, he's ready to be cut.

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posted 03-19-2004 02:15 PM         

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He definately sounds like he needs to be gelded. You just have to show him you are the boss no matter how big he may be he hast to respect you. My mare use to have the pushy attitude herself but she is a lot better now. A trainer I boarded with "sacked" her out. There are many ways of doing this and there are wasys to do it with young animals. John Lyons has a book that describes what to do. But gelding him will lower his hormone levels which may be your main problem right now.

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