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Location: Somewhere around here | My horse has this weird thing where he wants to smell every single brush and piece of tack I put on him. The odd thing is, it's all used on him and only him. Never used on any other horses lol.
What about your horses and their weird quirks? |
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Cat Collector
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| well My gelding is proud cut and thinks he still has his man berries, he paws all the time its constant and drives me mental, he also thinks he is a great descendant of a bucking horse, and he walks around like queen z does, he prances and dances and thinks his poop dont stink.
My mare is really nosey, the other night she untied herself and went around the indoor arena and barn and dumped every poop bucket she could find, she also took every single sign off the wall and emptied everything she could get her mouth on.. shes a pain. |
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 Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | My gelding likes to flip his mane around while he runs. He's a big time DIVA. He also likes me lick my hands. My older mare likes to hide her face in my jacket while she's getting her hooves trimmed. If I'm not wearing a jacket she will just hide her face in my arms. She also likes to smell hats. |
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Location: Kentucky | I have a mare that eats her grain from the right side of the bucket to the left. She will have a perfect "half" of grain left before she moves on to the other side. She is the neatest eater ever... doesn't spill a drop.
She's also a typical pregnant female and hates when I rub her belly :) |
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Location: Colorado | When she gets nervous, Six will hold one foot up, but won't actually paw.
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| Without fail, every time I get off of my horse after a run, he all but DEMANDS to have his bridle taken off. He then proceeds to rub the left side of his face, right side, shakes his head then yawns. EVERY TIME! It's crazy. |
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Location: Texas | Mine loves to knock over water buckets. It gets to be a real pain. His name is curious George and he lives up to his name. He gets into everything.
My other horse loves to make hay soup!
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 IMA No Hair Style Gal
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| My horse looks like the meanest horse ever. In his stall he will pin his ears back and shake his head at anyone that walks by. When you go around him in his stall to clean it, same thing.
When he is standing tied to be saddled-same thing.
He looks down right nasty-but NEVER does anything. The second you pet him or rub on him he turns into a complete LOVER boy. In his stall when you ask him to move over he steps out of the way. He is very respectful of space and again has never offered to actually take things further.
When I first got him-it threw me for a loop. I would scold him for being a grump, but that never got me anywhere.
Then I just let it be-has never had an issue since.
I chuckle though when someone else is around when I am saddling or cleaning his stall.
They always say LOOK OUT! He is going to do something.
I say NOPE he is all talk. I don't even notice it anymore, until someone else points it out. |
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Location: southeast Texas | graciemay - 2013-12-19 9:39 AM When she gets nervous, Six will hold one foot up, but won't actually paw.
Mine holds her leg up waiting for me to dump feed in her pan. |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | One of mine laps the pen three or four times before being caught. Does it EVERYTIME!! He sees me coming and he starts his laps. I just wait for him to be done and then walk up to him and put the halter on. It peeves me.
One of my other geldings eats his lead rope. If he has to stand for any length of time I look over and the entire lead rope is in his mouth. Its gross.
My other gelding is a houdini. He can chew his way out of most knots I tie. Again...this peeves me.
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Veteran
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| My gelding sucks his tongue and makes loud rasberry sounds when he is waiting for his feed. Oh and of course throws his head up and down while doing it. Weirdo....
Edited by Guiness 2013-12-19 9:58 AM
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Mine likes to poop in his manger or water bucket if I don't spend enough time with him lol |
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I Really Love Jeans
Posts: 3173
Location: North Dakota | My mare will shove me with her head if I start talking to someone. She can be tied to the trailer or walking on a lead. If I stop to talk she will shove me as hard as she can. She has knocked me over more than once. She is only happy tied to the back of the trailer, she likes to see whats going on at every angle around the trailer. If I take off running across the pasture she will run after me and buck and play next to me. Scares me a little when she gets close but she loves to play chase!!! |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | barrelracr131 - 2013-12-19 10:02 AM
Mine likes to poop in his manger or water bucket if I don't spend enough time with him lol
Jetta liked to poop in her water bucket too until I moved that sucker up about 6 inches. Poor in that bucket now! Hahaha  |
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| HAHA! That just made my morning! It sounds hilarious!!!  |
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 Born not Made
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Location: North Dakota | Red is a big time lefty. So every once in a while, he'll try to "ignore" my right lead cue and take his left instead. The instead I apply rein pressure to slow him down and make him do it right, he automatically switches on his own because he knows I "caught him". Which is weird because I have never once let him get away with it, but he still tries it.
Whether I have just rode for 1 minute or 1 hour, Red thinks his head is the itchiest thing in the world when his bridle comes off. He loves, loves, loves it when I scratch him.
My old horse Beau, when I was ready to cinch him up, no matter where he was standing, he HAD to move himself over all the way to his right. Always and every time.
My colt, Shotgun, follows me around like a dog. He's such a people person! He loves attention and loves getting to come along. |
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Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | RopeSharp-TurnSharp - 2013-12-19 10:18 AM
HAHA! That just made my morning! It sounds hilarious!!!
If your talking about my poop bucket, it was but the poor old girl got poor all over her and I ended up giving her a bath. She still won. Hahaha! |
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Location: Washington | JJ hates being in an enclosed stall where he can't look out, I don't know how many stalls he about destroyed before we just shook our heads and started hanging stall fronts for him. Wasn't worth paying for a damaged stall or him getting hurt while being worked up.
He is a jerk on the ground (one of my BIGGEST peeves...can't stand a horse who has no manners). No matter what I do it never lasts long and he is right back to it. But I do have a line, and he knows when he crosses it lol. BUT when a kid is in the picture...total gentleman lol. Drops his head at their shoulder and protects them like a puppy dog and doesn't even think about pushing boundries.
When the LQ trailer is hooked up and I go to catch him he takes off running and bucking like a wild man, I just have to close my eyes and shake my head lol.
When you go to wrap legs to head to a race you cannot tie him up to the trailer or you'll never get a single leg wrapped. He is horrible at the trailer lol! Won't stand still, in place bucking, ect lol. Tie him to the hitching post and he stands there.
And he has a swag lol, things he is the best thing since sliced cheese.
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | my paint horse sucks on his tongue when he's really tired or nervous. he also would do anything for goldfish crackers!
my appaloosa will climb into round bale feeders and tires to sleep.. which is why we can't have them anymore (considering he's 16hh and a total tank he was asking to get himself stuck) He also will lift up his lip when he's happy, when he's getting scratched, groomed, treats, fed, anything. Before he runs he's all business and when we're in any holding pen or waiting near the arena he'll grind his teeth.
my QH is such a baby. he really hates being in trouble and when the other horse is being naughty he's always extra good. before you leave the barn at night he'll nicker really cutely to get a bedtime snuggle, he wants to put his face in your chest and arms and get ear scratches and kisses and he'll nicker and stare you down until he gets it. also when he gets his treat before I go back inside he wants to "cuddle" first, he wont eat it until you pet him down real good.
ETA: GREAT topic!!
Edited by Crowned Image 2013-12-19 11:09 AM
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| Nate loves anything that makes noise. He loves to take metal lawn chairs and throw them with his teeth because it crashes on the ground. He'll take his hard plastic feed tub in his teeth and scrape it on cement to make noise. He'll take your purse, walmart sack, garbage bag in his teeth and shake them until stuff falls out.
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