mygirlmaggie
02-28-2011, 09:28 AM
My mare has always been "my" horse. She bonded with me and she's always happy and eager to see me. My other half works with her and does stuff as well. Today she developed something I've never seen her do before. He went out to catch her and she would stay 2 steps ahead of him..he couldn't get her. If he stopped she stopped but when he took a step she'd take one away..if he took 2 she would take 2 to get away. She wouldn't run from him but was making it plain he's not getting her. Well finally I went out there wondering what was taking so long as I was feeding chickens and waiting for him to come by with the wheelbarrow so we can fill it with hay to feed her. He never came..so I went out to find him standing there and she was standing a little ways off watching him. I went in the pasture and asked if she was being a pill..he said yep she would stay a few steps ahead...well at this moment she made a wide walk around him and came right up to me and stood there. I was able to touch her, run my hands on her, etc...she was fine. He came up and she was fine then. He could pet her and whatnot. So we fed her and went out a little later. I had him bring some treats and talk with her and just show he wasn't going to hurt her. Well he put her grain down and walked off I was standing at the gate a ways away..when he turned and walked off she put her ears back at him..not a full pin but it was grumpy. She's never been this way. She has never been grumpy towards him or running away. I'm thinking about having him do some ground work with her but will that help? Or is she going to detest him more because he's making her "listen" to him. I don't have any of these problems but she also knows I will put her in her place faster then you can blink. When he does it she just takes off and blows him off. So that's where I'm thinking about ground work between him and her. What other options are there? I don't want him to go out and spoil her because then it's going to get worse.