Wat the (bleep) is going on with my mare

Question

well the story is my chestnut mare called duchess will never let me put her sadle on she has no sores her tack fits thine and she bites me when i do up the girth so i don't canter her at all gust incase somthing is rong

p.s

befor you ask she has bin in the feild with the over horses it's a riding stable so the is stallions.

Answer 1

If she doesn't like being touched, there's a simple solution. It's called "sacking out". It brings NO harm to the horse whatsoever, it just gets her used to being touched in certain areas.

Take a lead line or a rope, and while you have your horse on a lead rope in front of you, GENTLY swing it on the areas she doesn't like ebing touched. She'll probably kick the rope at first, but eventually she'll stand quietly because it's not hurting her.

Good luck!

Answer 2

You have to get her back checked by a specialist just to rule that out. If that not the prob then she could be in season and just being mareish! I'm all for geldings.

Answer 3

Well, I think you can have trust with your horse and still have this problem.  The key word here is...mare.  I own a mare and I absolutley love her and I know for a fact she loves me.  However, she used to do this as well.  She is being cinchy.  Because she is a mare, she probabaly won't want to deal with yanking of the girth. To rid her of this habit, put the cinch strap through the actual girth hole and slide it up and down her belly, getting her used to it and comfortable with it.  Next when tightening the girth, slowly inch it up there.  It wouldn't even hurt to do it slowly and leave it a little loose for a while, then tighten it up more, being slow, when your about to mount.  If she would have a problem cantering, you would never know unless you try.  You  have to face your fears--whether they are for your safety of hers--and canter her.  Other wise, you'll live in fear of cantering for a very long time.  Well, I hope I helped!  Use this method!  It works if done correctly.

If she continues to bite, I wouldn't smack her in the head area at all.  It will make her head shy and you won't be able to touch her face!  Instead used the stuby end of a horse shoe nail, and hold it close to your body so when she comes in for a bite, she'll get poked in the nose.  However, don't jab it at her, let her come to it so she makes the decison for herself.  It's reverse physoclolgy.

Answer 4

sounds like she might have a gerth issue, maybe stomache pain, maybe her time of the month...

Health first, get the vet to clear her and then with patience and gentleness, take control back if she is healthy.

Start with the gerth loose then step by step tighten it over the course of time

Answer 5

I always go with geldings. Sry to tell you this but you have a mare and mares can act VERY moody!

Try also to fix your spelling, hard to understand you.

Answer 6

Again, Julianne has got it in one.... I think you are just wasting everyones time with these questions, No riding school would be stupid enough to turn stallions out with mares!

You say you dont canter incase something is wrong!!! If she has something wrong with her back you shouldn't even be on her until you have had it checked.

Answer 7

Maybe shes hungry

try carrots (=

bahah i have no idea

Answer 8

She's probably gotten pregnant from all those stallions in her field. Good God!

Or she hates you...

Answer 9

Sounds like she is "cold-backed". Some horses just don't like being saddled.  The first time I rode with my husband, he was going to put me on a 22 year old, retired cutting horse.  He was dead broke, but when my husband went to saddle him he told me to get back.  The horse went absolutely ballistic when he was being saddled and my husband also had to get on him as the first rider and let him buck a liitle. This was every time the horse was saddled (my husband had had him fo rover 10 years).  He was absolutely a babysitter after that first bit was out of him every time.

Answer 10

Well a horse at the riding stables i go to had the same problem.

The problem with her was she had something wrong with her back, so the owner of the yard got a sponge back thing - dunno what it is called as i forgot!

But i think you should get a vet out to check her back just in case!

and as for the biting you when you do up her girth, there could just be either something wrong with her back - i said earlier - but maybe there is something wrong with her stomach!

But most of the riding stables horses where i ride, most of the cheeky ponies bite you when you do up there girth, but there is nothing wrong with them, they are just being cheeky!

Also if she is in a Field with stallions, and if she hasn't been done maybe she is pregnant and she is finding it pain full when you do up her girth and ride her! ! !

So my advice is get a vet out to check her over! ! !

Answer 11

Some mares are girthy and will bite at you when you tighten the girth. They can also be very sensitive during estrus(their time of the month). If she was fine in the past and it isn't an estrus thing, I would check over my saddle and girth and make sure something isn't pinching or sticking here. I could be something small that is sticking her. Like something caught in the saddle fleece.

Answer 12

she might have had a bad experience with a bad fitted saddle in the past, or someone might have pulled it up too tight.

or she could be just trying you.

Answer 13

Maybe she trusts you but she doesn't respect you.  You need to get after her if she tries to bite you.  Whack her on the neck.  No, it's not mean.  You could never hit a horse as hard as another horse could kick it.  They can take it.  You just need to show her who is boss.

I think you mean she's turned out with geldings (male horses that have been castrated).  You don't just throw a bunch of stallions and mares out together.  The stallions would fight each other and the mares would all be pregnant.  That would in fact be one of the most ridiculously irresponsible things I've heard in a long time.

Answer 14

Try doing the girth up one hole at a time. So do it up on loosest hole and leave for a minute while you make a fuss of her, tell her shes a good girl etc, then do it up another hole and wait another minute, put her bridle on or give her mane a brush. Carry on like this until the girth is done up.

If she is still biting it suggests she is in pain or uncomfortable. Try warming the girth before you put it on, or make her assosiate the girth with something nice - put her saddle on and feed her dinner, then take the saddle off without riding her.  

Answer 15

Are you saying she is turned out with stallions?

Answer 16

maybe she is in foal. i would check that she isn't.  if she is ok with the saddle on her back, but doesn't like the girth then make sure she hasn't got girth galls. these are sores where the girth fits and hurt them badly when any pressure is put on them.  always do the girth up loosely then spend some time tightening it up.  make sure you pull the front legs forward to prevent their skin getting pinched by the girth.

sometimes idiot staff could have turned a stallion out into the field. but lets hope not.   i've known it happen, but luckily the stallion was quickly caugh because no mares were in season.  not by me though.

time spent with your pony will all help.  good luck.  

Answer 17

Sounds like she has developed a bad habbit.

She has probably learnt that you dont punnish her when she thretens to bite, then she bit and still diddnt get punished so she knows she can get away with it.

As soon as your horse thretens to bite, smack it on the nose - it will detur it and as long as she knows why she has got it, she wont bite again.

When a horse does something, you have 3 seconds to punish it before it forgets what she has done so make sure you do it quickly.

Answer 18

Ok, you need to earn her trust.  She might not like her withers being touched. Nothing is wrong with her. She is being a mare. So tell her who is boss but don't be mean. You can when she bites you, though. Canter her, she's fine. She is just being a mare. Good Luck, let me know if u need more help.

Answer 19

Don't know much about horses. But it could have rabies which would explain the biting.