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Location: Bandera, TX | I recently got a new horse. Everyone has met through the fence and stall. They seem to start getting used to each other. There is hardly any more kicking and squealing going on. As soon as the mud dries up a bit I want to start turning the new horse out. Would it be better to start turning her out with only one other horse at first or should I just throw her out with all three? It’s been nine years since I had a new horse…. Stressing over this…..
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GoMistyGo - 2016-11-10 1:57 PM I recently got a new horse. Everyone has met through the fence and stall. They seem to start getting used to each other. There is hardly any more kicking and squealing going on. As soon as the mud dries up a bit I want to start turning the new horse out. Would it be better to start turning her out with only one other horse at first or should I just throw her out with all three? It’s been nine years since I had a new horse…. Stressing over this…..
Is there any way you can pen up the other horses and turn the new one out with one other horse so that it will learn the fence line? |
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Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | Southtxponygirl - 2016-11-10 2:15 PM GoMistyGo - 2016-11-10 1:57 PM I recently got a new horse. Everyone has met through the fence and stall. They seem to start getting used to each other. There is hardly any more kicking and squealing going on. As soon as the mud dries up a bit I want to start turning the new horse out. Would it be better to start turning her out with only one other horse at first or should I just throw her out with all three? It’s been nine years since I had a new horse…. Stressing over this…..
Yes, thank you. I was thinking about doing that. May be turn her out with wither my old sweet mare, or my gelding who loves everyone. And then may be introduce the other *****y mares later. |
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| GoMistyGo - 2016-11-10 1:57 PM
I recently got a new horse. Everyone has met through the fence and stall. They seem to start getting used to each other. There is hardly any more kicking and squealing going on. As soon as the mud dries up a bit I want to start turning the new horse out. Would it be better to start turning her out with only one other horse at first or should I just throw her out with all three? It’s been nine years since I had a new horse…. Stressing over this…..
You are on the right track ...
Turn her out by herself for about an hour and let her find her perimeter fence lines by just wondering around ...
Then turn out one of the others and when these two settle down ..
in about 30 minutes ...
then another
then another
Your current most timid mare will be the most hateful in a group..
she doesn't want to be on the bottom of the pecking order anymore
turn her out first |
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| We are going through the same thing. We have had the new mare (other 4 horses are geldings) for 3 weeks. We have her in a dry lot with 1 gelding and they get along great. The other 3 geldings are across the fence so they have gotten used to her being in the next lot. We are waiting to turn her out in the pasture with the others until we can be there and watch them. |
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Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-11-10 2:20 PM GoMistyGo - 2016-11-10 1:57 PM I recently got a new horse. Everyone has met through the fence and stall. They seem to start getting used to each other. There is hardly any more kicking and squealing going on. As soon as the mud dries up a bit I want to start turning the new horse out. Would it be better to start turning her out with only one other horse at first or should I just throw her out with all three? It’s been nine years since I had a new horse…. Stressing over this…..
You are on the right track ... Turn her out by herself for about an hour and let her find her perimeter fence lines by just wondering around ... Then turn out one of the others and when these two settle down .. in about 30 minutes ... then another then another Your current most timid mare will be the most hateful in a group.. she doesn't want to be on the bottom of the pecking order anymore turn her out first
Ha! Very good plan!!! Thank you. |
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Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | JAG18 - 2016-11-10 2:21 PM We are going through the same thing. We have had the new mare (other 4 horses are geldings) for 3 weeks. We have her in a dry lot with 1 gelding and they get along great. The other 3 geldings are across the fence so they have gotten used to her being in the next lot. We are waiting to turn her out in the pasture with the others until we can be there and watch them.
I have the opposite - one boy and now 4 girls.
When the new girl came in all the others went immediately in heat. My poor gelding was lost. Hormones were raging!!! |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GoMistyGo - 2016-11-10 2:26 PM JAG18 - 2016-11-10 2:21 PM We are going through the same thing. We have had the new mare (other 4 horses are geldings) for 3 weeks. We have her in a dry lot with 1 gelding and they get along great. The other 3 geldings are across the fence so they have gotten used to her being in the next lot. We are waiting to turn her out in the pasture with the others until we can be there and watch them. I have the opposite - one boy and now 4 girls.
When the new girl came in all the others went immediately in heat. My poor gelding was lost. Hormones were raging!!!
Poor guy, LOL.. I want a mare sometimes but I know it will cause problems with the geldings out here, they finally got use to the mares across the fence that someone brought in a few years ago. So maybe it wont be to bad if I did get a mare, but who knows..  |
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Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | Southtxponygirl - 2016-11-10 2:46 PM
GoMistyGo - 2016-11-10 2:26 PM JAG18 - 2016-11-10 2:21 PM We are going through the same thing. We have had the new mare (other 4 horses are geldings) for 3 weeks. We have her in a dry lot with 1 gelding and they get along great. The other 3 geldings are across the fence so they have gotten used to her being in the next lot. We are waiting to turn her out in the pasture with the others until we can be there and watch them. I have the opposite - one boy and now 4 girls.
When the new girl came in all the others went immediately in heat. My poor gelding was lost. Hormones were raging!!!
The reason I got another mare was so my gelding wouldn't have to fight over his girls. He is still the number one man. He was actually feeling very frisky with the old mare yesterday... :/ |
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| You're so nice! I would have already kicked her out with the sharks! Just make sure they all have plenty of room and go for it! |
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Location: Bandera, TX | classicpotatochip - 2016-11-10 7:52 PM You're so nice! I would have already kicked her out with the sharks! Just make sure they all have plenty of room and go for it!
Yes, we know - I am VERY nice. :)
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