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Location: Cocoa, Florida | So I’ve had this mare a Little over a year now and noticed when I hosted her after a ride or even just took the saddle off she would seek out a sandy spot and immediately roll. I’ve always heard that’s good for horses, it can readjust their back. Well now......she runs to the sand piles at our barn and first thing she does is run her face in them! So I have decided if I keep this horse I am going to build her a giant sandbox of her own LOL here’s a video
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Location: Arkansas | RnRJack - 2018-06-18 6:20 PM
So I’ve had this mare a Little over a year now and noticed when I hosted her after a ride or even just took the saddle off she would seek out a sandy spot and immediately roll. I’ve always heard that’s good for horses, it can readjust their back. Well now......she runs to the sand piles at our barn and first thing she does is run her face in them! So I have decided if I keep this horse I am going to build her a giant sandbox of her own LOL here’s a video
https://youtu.be/8iAN5jrnkaU
So what are some of your horses habits or quirks?
You should buy her her own little beach front property!!!! |
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Location: "Si Fi" Ville | Two of mine are into barrel racing... not the kind we are familiar with. Both roll barrels at high rates of speed then spin them like a top. The one that is broke will roll them on cue when riding him. I think I like this, since I don’t have to get off to move barrels.
Another horse is fond of toting tires and jumping up in the air to catch those great big 36” vinyl balls. He will also try to catch a frisbee. Bless his heart, he’s not very good at it. |
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Location: Arkansas | treasurehunter - 2018-06-18 11:58 PM
Two of mine are into barrel racing... not the kind we are familiar with. Both roll barrels at high rates of speed then spin them like a top. The one that is broke will roll them on cue when riding him. I think I like this, since I don’t have to get off to move barrels.
Another horse is fond of toting tires and jumping up in the air to catch those great big 36” vinyl balls. He will also try to catch a frisbee. Bless his heart, he’s not very good at it.
I'd love to see this!!! But not if you do the fancy jump thing where he comes off your back and catches it 
(Is this Vinnie??!!!)
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| treasurehunter - 2018-06-18 11:58 PM
Two of mine are into barrel racing... not the kind we are familiar with. Both roll barrels at high rates of speed then spin them like a top. The one that is broke will roll them on cue when riding him. I think I like this, since I don’t have to get off to move barrels.
Another horse is fond of toting tires and jumping up in the air to catch those great big 36” vinyl balls. He will also try to catch a frisbee. Bless his heart, he’s not very good at it.
This makes me want to put a barrel out in their pen just to see what will happen!!!
Ours are pretty normal? My little horse has this sassy head tossing/neck snaking thing he does, mostly at feeding time. He has little man syndrome though, I’m pretty sure he’s a 17hh fresian stallion in his 14.1h QH mind and he’s tossing lucious locks like Fabio.
He also takes his rolling very seriously. When we’re at races and he has to be stalled or tied out I always make sure I try and get him to a nice soft place to roll, and he’s always down within about 10 seconds of getting in the arena - sometimes it’s actually a challenge to get him far enough off the fence!!! |
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Location: Oklahoma | One of mine plays all the time! If he is in the pasture with the walker he will grab the lead rope and pull tight and let go and watch the arms bounce! My neighbor seen it and so funny he forgot to video! He mainly lives in another pasture but Ill catch him one day! |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | treasurehunter - 2018-06-18 11:58 PM
Two of mine are into barrel racing... not the kind we are familiar with. Both roll barrels at high rates of speed then spin them like a top. The one that is broke will roll them on cue when riding him. I think I like this, since I don’t have to get off to move barrels.
Another horse is fond of toting tires and jumping up in the air to catch those great big 36” vinyl balls. He will also try to catch a frisbee. Bless his heart, he’s not very good at it.
My mare likes to help me roll barrels also, but yes you should get all of that on film! |
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| My mare dances like Zenyatta. It used to annoy me but I just figured it was her way of letting off tension before a run. She also does this thing where she raises her front leg when I get ready to put her in her stall to be fed. She does this all the time, first one front leg then the other. She also does that when she is waiting for her run. |
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| My little mare likes to help me put her halter on when I am done riding. She drops her head and puts her head and pushes in really hard. I guess to make sure it is on? She will also drop her head and wrap it around me to help put her bridle on. But she doesn't shove her head in it like she does her halter. |
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| I have a snorter and I am not talking about a little blow. I am talking a full snort that will echo on concrete. It concerned my vet so much that he scoped her to make sure she didn't have a blockage or soft palate issue. All clear! That's just her thing! But let me tell you if she finds an empty water bucket or muck bucket or 55 gal drum it'll make your eardrums rattle when she sticks her head down and blows! |
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Location: Illinois | RedHead84 - 2018-06-19 10:25 AM
I have a snorter and I am not talking about a little blow. I am talking a full snort that will echo on concrete. It concerned my vet so much that he scoped her to make sure she didn't have a blockage or soft palate issue. All clear! That's just her thing! But let me tell you if she finds an empty water bucket or muck bucket or 55 gal drum it'll make your eardrums rattle when she sticks her head down and blows!
My 4 year old does that too, she sounds like a dinosaur when she does it. She'll randomly snort/blow all the time. She's got a ton of weird quirks. She absolutely loves one of the barn cats, they're always together. They'll go hang out together in the pasture all the time or the cat will lay in her stall with her. Sometimes when she sees the cat coming she'll call to her. She's weird. |
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Location: MN | My 11 year old paint gelding hates the color white. Scared to death of it. Go figure since he's half WHITE!
He just learned this past year that he could roll at the end of a lead rope, now that's his new favorite thing to do.
You have to keep jackets unzipped around him or he will try to unzip it for you. He's actually very careful about it if you let him do it lol. Want to go rope? You have to let him sniff and snort at the rope before you put it on your saddle or you'll watch him jump 4ft in the air. I love every single ounce of this horse to death and his quirks make me laugh. Some people shake their heads, but I dont care :)
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| My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground.
The sporthorse has to have his teeth smacked while the farrier is there. He'll curl his lips back and you just smack your palm against them repeatedly and it's the only way he'll stand still. He has learned hats are fun to play with and pull off, and he'll do the zipper thing occasionally but I don't trust him to do it all the time.
He also races the first two miles of a trail ride and in another mile you can pretty much lose sight of him because he gets so dramatically tired, if you're on the mare and don't stop.
He thinks he's that 14.1 quarter horse but he's the 17 hand Freisian cross. He chases cows, cuts them, but the one he harasses the most is his pal and they'll stand next to each other across the fence.
My gelding's quirk is he cannot stand to be alone. He can have a cow, another horse, or another human next to him and he won't move. Tie him to the trailer and walk away - he's going to dig to China. He also can't stand to be corrected with much more than a NO and a light slap otherwise he pulls back. Terrified to have anything rubbed on his hocks anymore because he hates DMSO...
They're strange creatures.
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | mgander - 2018-06-19 1:24 PM
My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground.
I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that!
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | RnRJack - 2018-06-20 7:02 AM mgander - 2018-06-19 1:24 PM My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground. I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that! I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that!
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Location: Lost in the swamps | Mines a lip smacker when he's board or nervious. |
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| My gelding likes to roll in any mud hole or pond he can find. All the danged time. I am his person I guess when he gets scared or nervous he has to touch me like put his nose on my shoulder or my back and just stand there. Then his last thing he loves to do it when he takes a drink and I am near he will drop the water out of his mouth all over me usually on my feet. If he were human he would be laughing at me just like he does when he rolls in the pond or mud hole. |
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| My horse loves me. He is fine standing alone at the trailer. When I go places like the vet, he is fine as long as I am around. If I have to go into the office or get something from the truck, he gets all excited. Last week at the vet's office, I put him in a stall so farrier could shoe my other horse. (Farrier uses back at vet's because of AC). I took the other horse and put him in the trailer. Horse was fine until I came back into the building. My goodness, all the nickering. I think he thinks I am going to leave him. If something does not suit him, he tells me all about it. |
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Location: CTX | Smak1 - 2018-06-20 12:53 PM My gelding likes to roll in any mud hole or pond he can find. All the danged time. I am his person I guess when he gets scared or nervous he has to touch me like put his nose on my shoulder or my back and just stand there. Then his last thing he loves to do it when he takes a drink and I am near he will drop the water out of his mouth all over me usually on my feet. If he were human he would be laughing at me just like he does when he rolls in the pond or mud hole.
Mine does that too! He likes to dribble water over me... Silly boy... He also will reach around and touch my (right mainly) foot with his nose when we are waiting in the warm up arena.... not sure if it is nerves or what.... Or he will just turn around and look at me... Not sure if he is just saying "we got this" or if he wants to check up on me... but he's been doing that for over 3 years now.
He also talks to me... mainly when I come out to feed, but also when he is tied after we ride (when he gets cookies...) and when I get ready to put him back in the pasture... and it's a very low rumble... so cute... yes I know, it's probably all about the food/ pasture and not me.... But let me at least pretend he loves me....  |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | cranky B4 10am - 2018-06-20 1:21 PM
Smak1 - 2018-06-20 12:53 PM My gelding likes to roll in any mud hole or pond he can find. All the danged time. I am his person I guess when he gets scared or nervous he has to touch me like put his nose on my shoulder or my back and just stand there. Then his last thing he loves to do it when he takes a drink and I am near he will drop the water out of his mouth all over me usually on my feet. If he were human he would be laughing at me just like he does when he rolls in the pond or mud hole.
Mine does that too! He likes to dribble water over me... Silly boy... He also will reach around and touch my (right mainly) foot with his nose when we are waiting in the warm up arena.... not sure if it is nerves or what.... Or he will just turn around and look at me... Not sure if he is just saying "we got this" or if he wants to check up on me... but he's been doing that for over 3 years now.
He also talks to me... mainly when I come out to feed, but also when he is tied after we ride (when he gets cookies...) and when I get ready to put him back in the pasture... and it's a very low rumble... so cute... yes I know, it's probably all about the food/ pasture and not me.... But let me at least pretend he loves me....
I had a mare that reached around in the holding pen or waiting for a run and bit my stirrup or toes, I believe it’s a nervous thing! |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | Southtxponygirl - 2018-06-20 9:20 AM
RnRJack - 2018-06-20 7:02 AM mgander - 2018-06-19 1:24 PM My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground. I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that! I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that!
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | I’ve heard that if you splash their water lightly it will stimulate one to pee. Haven’t had a need to try it, though. |
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RnRJack - 2018-06-20 7:02 AM mgander - 2018-06-19 1:24 PM My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground. I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that! I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that!
I have no idea but I was told they do lol
When I worked at the track - Standardbreds - anytime a horse was peeing they'd whistle to it. Same whistle every single time. Then after the race when they needed tested they'd whistle and viola. Some horses are obviously more stubborn than others, but it usually works. I'm not sure why hers is triggered by feed, unless it was used as a treat for peeing? My other standardbred always did it after a work out, but she had actually earned money racing |
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Location: OH | Mine---you have to open the gate to her stall out, if you push it in she loses her mind and will not go in the stall, PERIOD. |
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Location: here | I trail ride alone a lot. One of my geldings when ever I get off to pee he stretches out and pees too. |
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Location: TN | My gelding stands in the water trough. He’s 16 hands so it’s like stepping over a log to him. He splashes the water out so needless to say the water turns muddy and has to be emptied. Wasting a lot of water. |
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| letswin - 2018-06-22 8:48 PM
My gelding stands in the water trough. He’s 16 hands so it’s like stepping over a log to him. He splashes the water out so needless to say the water turns muddy and has to be emptied. Wasting a lot of water.
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Location: Somewhere around here | My husband's Haflingers love water, especially in the summer. They're stalled together in one big stall and they have one big rubber water tank. Everytime I fill it up to the top, both of them start splashing in it and by the time they're done it might be full ¼ of the way. So to stop this I usually hose them down beforehand. Larry loves his butt wet, and will swing it from side to side so I get him evenly. Bob likes his chest wet but then he'll try to drink the water from the hose 10 feet away and purses his lips like he's trying to kiss you! It's the funniest thing. |
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Location: midwest mama | I have a 5 year old gelding that I bought about 2 months ago. Let me tell you - he is a TALKER!!!! Every time he sees me - even all the way across the property - he whinnies. At first it made me feel good that he was connecting with me but now it's starting to get a little annoying. He has a really big deep whinny and I know the neighbors a mile away can hear him. Dang - I can't even sneak around anywhere without everyone in the whole county knowing where I am. LOL |
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Location: Central Texas | AshleyJ2911 - 2018-06-21 10:49 AM Mine will stand with his front legs crossed
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Location: Windoming | Southtxponygirl - 2018-06-20 8:20 AM RnRJack - 2018-06-20 7:02 AM mgander - 2018-06-19 1:24 PM My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground. I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that! I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that!
I might add that if one horse peed, then ALL the horses would pee in their stall.
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Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | Southtxponygirl - 2018-06-20 9:20 AM RnRJack - 2018-06-20 7:02 AM mgander - 2018-06-19 1:24 PM My standardbred pees before every single feeding - that's the worse she does because she's an absolute saint. Also the fastest walking horse in the county in my opinion, she covers some ground. I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that! I know they train most racehorses to pee in their stalls, I used to work on an OTTB farm and most of them did that!
Paslov, classical conditioning.
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Location: sunny california | mine lets the panel ride his butt while he walks in the panel walker. His most recent antic is to crap while it is on his butt not only pooing on the panel but the poo gets squished between his butt and his tail. he is so gross |
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1) Filly I raised stands in her stall and flaps her lips. She used to do it when she was nervous, now she just does it when she's bored. Also in her water.
2) ex-cutter gelding is the smartest and most annoying thing everrr. His a major talker, hates to stand still when he's first saddled, rolls immediately after he is unsaddled (even on a leadrope) HATES flies, like cannot focus for a second if one is on him, loves to rest his top gum on my arm when I am cleaning his stalls. Walkes ahead of you when leading him and dives for grass. Oh, and he HATES water. Hates misting fans, hates having his face wet lol. Best horse I have ever owned, love him to death. He is **** near human.
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Location: Conroe, TX 77304 | I have one that when I feed on the ground in a feed bucket, which is everyday, she dives into the feed with her mouth open and graps the feed and keeps her mouth open like the feed is going to go away. |
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Location: Lone Star State | When I feed my gelding grain, he’ll paw a couple times with his front left foot and then hold that leg up in the air the while he is eating...so he eats 3-legged. One of many. Love him though.
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Location: MI | When Fly drinks, she keeps the last mouthful of water in her mouth for a while- sometimes even a couple minutes. And she loves to share... if you're not paying attention, she'll dump the mouthful of water all over you. You can tell she has water in her mouth because her tongue will be sticking out a little bit.
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Location: Lost in the swamps | Spooks at the same sign at an arena we go to weekly ??
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | My gelding pees before evening meal (not morning, just evening). Likes to grab my shoe / boot when I'm mucking his stall....and will also grab fork handle and will pick up muck bucket and sling it around.... I usually pull him from the stall and put him in a cross-tie while I clean his stall. Ground ties great out of barn, but in barn I have to put him in cross-tie as he reaches for and grabs anything in reach -- pulling over shelves, tables, etc.... pulling off saddle blanket before I can set saddle on him. He is very busy.
My mare backs up to my back while I'm cleaning her stall and 'bumps' me asking me to scratch her butt. We joke that she needs one of those beeper things that commercial trucks have -- to warn you she is backing up. She is a big mare and loves to have her butt scratched. |
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Location: Texas | Before my old guy had to be put down he kept us on our toes. His main thing was food. He loved to eat. Hamburgers, pickles, pizza, ranch dressing, french fries with ketchup, PB&Js. No food was safe around him. He would literally try snagging food out of the hands of clueless strangers passing by. He would even eat it out of the trash.
We had a dog growing up that started getting really skinny. We tried taking him to the vet, deworming him, pouring table scraps to him on top of his food. Nothing worked. One day we forgot a pan of food and went out to give it to the dog only to find the horse had unlatched the gate to the chainlink fence and was chowing down on red beans. The poor dog was just sitting a few feet away watching. So it turned out my sister really wasn't leaving the gate open... and the dog wasn't sick lol.
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