We moved to a private yard with our mare a few months ago to join a gelding who had moved in on his own. Day one, hour one, our mare jumped a fence to join the gelding and they've been inseperable since.
When I say inseperable, its actually a problem. When Ruby is out of sight of charlie at a show, he throws a fit. Last weekend at a show, he tried to climb out over the backbar of the trailer. We threw up the back ramps so he had nowhere to go but theres surely a better solution, one that leaves us with a happy horse. Is this something he'll get used to or is there anything we can do to calm him. He was still very distressed, kicking the box etc so in the end we put Ruby back and pulling Charlie out of his comps to bring them home.
Now Ruby has a similar problem but its also when she's at home. If charlie is being worked and she's inside, be it through anxiety or jealousy(she seems to throw a tantrum where as charlie seem distressed) she starts to rear agains the walls, take little runs at the door and, one evening, I even went into the stables to find her with both front legs stuck over the door. In the box if Charlie is taken out she kicks and kicks and stamps and kicks some more.
Now Ruby also has some dominant chestnut mare issues which we're currently monty roberts-ing to try bring back the the happy little mare we had six months ago. Will a calm mare translate to a calm mare in the box and the trailer??
Any and all thought welcome(but I'm new so be gentle)
When I say inseperable, its actually a problem. When Ruby is out of sight of charlie at a show, he throws a fit. Last weekend at a show, he tried to climb out over the backbar of the trailer. We threw up the back ramps so he had nowhere to go but theres surely a better solution, one that leaves us with a happy horse. Is this something he'll get used to or is there anything we can do to calm him. He was still very distressed, kicking the box etc so in the end we put Ruby back and pulling Charlie out of his comps to bring them home.
Now Ruby has a similar problem but its also when she's at home. If charlie is being worked and she's inside, be it through anxiety or jealousy(she seems to throw a tantrum where as charlie seem distressed) she starts to rear agains the walls, take little runs at the door and, one evening, I even went into the stables to find her with both front legs stuck over the door. In the box if Charlie is taken out she kicks and kicks and stamps and kicks some more.
Now Ruby also has some dominant chestnut mare issues which we're currently monty roberts-ing to try bring back the the happy little mare we had six months ago. Will a calm mare translate to a calm mare in the box and the trailer??
Any and all thought welcome(but I'm new so be gentle)
