My Filly has No Respect or Fear of Anything. What Can I Do?
- Topics: Article, Behavior, Handling and Restraint, Orphaned Foals
Well, it’s a good thing they warned me, because I have never seen a horse like this one. This filly will follow you anywhere. She’s like a dog. She wants to be touching you whenever you’re near her. But she has no respect or fear of anything or anybody. If you try to lead her, she just walks all over you. She’s not only in your face, she’s clumsy and pushy, more like an ox instead of a horse. She gets into everything, knocks things over, and keeps right on going. She walks through gates to get to people. I can’t seem to get tough enough with her to keep from getting pushed around. You can’t go in the pasture with her, even to get another horse. I’m starting to dread doing anything with her, and I’m also becoming afraid of her.
Do you have any suggestions? I hate to hit her all the time. I’ve had other nippy, pushy youngsters, but they seemed to learn on the first or second whack. With this filly, sometimes it’s like a game, but mostly it’s like she’s retarded. She’s not at all mean, and she doesn’t bite as much as she bumps and nudges you.
Will she get over this? I’m beginning to think it’s permanent
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