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| *background story* He has a Deep Digital Flexor Tendon injury so we are keeping him in a 30x40 run attached to his stall all the time. I normally let him out to graze in my backyard for a good 2 hours every day because i feel bad.
Anyways, last night I was in his stall petting him and apparently he just got tired of me being there and swung his head around and grabbed me below the knee. He is one of those geldings who think he is still a stud. I think that has a lot to do with it.
1) OUCH. Any tricks to keep the bruising/swelling down because I'm going on a vacation next week and I don't want to be black and blue!
2) Any ideas to maybe make him less bored? I feel like that could be a big reason he was so unpleasant to me... |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| I hope you smacked the h3ll out of him! Not much in the way of suggestions on making your bruise go away though. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | punch him in the face |
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| Vit K can help reduce bruising. Typically pain killers like Tylenol should help with pain and swelling.
I hope he feared for his life - I don't care how bored he is or whether or not he thinks he has his man bits, that's unacceptable behavior. |
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Location: Kentucky | OhMax - 2014-05-08 10:53 AM Vit K can help reduce bruising. Typically pain killers like Tylenol should help with pain and swelling. I hope he feared for his life - I don't care how bored he is or whether or not he thinks he has his man bits, that's unacceptable behavior.
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  That's White "Man" to You
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| Cut his balls off! (Oh sorry wrong thread) |
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Location: Georgia | Definitely a swift punch or kick would have been heading his way if he done that to me... I have a mare that likes to "push the limits" at times. She will swing her butt around, pen her ears, things of that nature, when she hasn't been worked for a while and gets bored. But regardless that is unacceptable in any situation. She gets reprimanded immediately when she acts that way. |
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Location: Texas | Iceing helps with the swelling.
1. Punch the brat in the nose as hard as you can!!
2. Get him one of the lick apple things and a plastic apple that you can hang up in his stall or run or one of the horse balls that has the handle on it so he can throw it.
3. You might try getting him a MINI MINI pony to hang out with ( I say mini mini so maybe it wont get him moving to much).
4. A slow feeding hay net.
5. Lots and lots of spending time with him ( not saying that you don't) even if all you do is sit in his stall they can tell when your down there to ride and when your down there to spend time with them.
I hope this helps :). |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Did you bite him back? |
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Location: MD | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-08 10:39 AM
Did you bite him back?
got bit once by a horse, i bit him back. it works. he not only is completely uninterested in biting anymore, he won't even over nuzzle treat out of your hand. I must bite hard.
I think I need a warning label.
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Crowned Image - 2014-05-08 10:55 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-08 10:39 AM Did you bite him back? got bit once by a horse, i bit him back. it works. he not only is completely uninterested in biting anymore, he won't even over nuzzle treat out of your hand. I must bite hard. I think I need a warning label.
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| I was riding a Dash For Perks gelding of a friend's and he bit her on the back at the trailer - thank heavens she had on a vest and a coat but she untied him and he got a spankin! I guess I was just so shocked, I haven't been around people - biting horses since I was a kid! |
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Location: Oologah, Oklahoma | One of my mares has the same injury and she's in a small run attached to a stall also, and she has turned into the biggest biotch! I think she is just bored. :( |
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Location: Willows, CA | Ray Hunt was a very close friend of mine, and I was fortunate to ride with him enough times over thirty years that I heard this question asked about 100 times. Student--"What do I do when my horse bites be?" Ray--"Bare the pain, and next time don't let him bite you. A horse can't do anything without getting ready to do it. Be aware, and when he moves at you he needs to run into something unpleasant. That way he caused his own discomfort when he tried to do something that was wrong." A horse understands this much better than associating discomfort after the fact to the bad behavior. |
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Location: Midwest | winwillows - 2014-05-08 12:05 PM Ray Hunt was a very close friend of mine, and I was fortunate to ride with him enough times over thirty years that I heard this question asked about 100 times. Student--"What do I do when my horse bites be?" Ray--"Bare the pain, and next time don't let him bite you. A horse can't do anything without getting ready to do it. Be aware, and when he moves at you he needs to run into something unpleasant. That way he caused his own discomfort when he tried to do something that was wrong." A horse understands this much better than associating discomfort after the fact to the bad behavior.
so punch him when he gives me a nasty look
got it.
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Location: Kansas | barrelracr131 - 2014-05-08 9:33 AM punch him in the face
O.o
it's what I would have done honestly LOL |
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| He definitely was fearing for his life after I was done with him! He's an a-hole |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-05-08 12:50 PM barrelracr131 - 2014-05-08 9:33 AM punch him in the face O.o
it's what I would have done honestly LOL
I was mostly kidding, but realistically slapping him would have been my natural reaction LOL |
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Location: North Dakota | My gelding is such a pain to hold for the farrier and vet!! Whenever he needs to stand still he becomes such a dink to hold! He is like a bored ADHD kid! He nips at me, bobs his head up and down, if I have a jacket on he plays with my zipper, plays with his rope, etc. He is just a pain. I have a love/hate relationship with him because of these stupid little quirks. Of course I can't put the fear of God in him when I'm holding him for the farrier or for xrays, chiro, etc. So he KNOWS when I am vulnerable and he can get away with that crap. Stupid boys. lol |
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| barrelracr131 - 2014-05-08 4:03 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-05-08 12:50 PM barrelracr131 - 2014-05-08 9:33 AM punch him in the face O.o
it's what I would have done honestly LOL
I know you were kidding sorta, but honestly, sometimes it's what you have to do. LOL. It helps to remember that horses bite and kick eachother all time.
When we got my (now retired) gelding, he had some personal space and nipping issues. He would nip/bite if he wanted something whether it was out of his stall, a treat, or attention. He never did it aggressively that I could tell. No pinned ears, ugly face, or "grabbing and holding", but bad and painful none the less. He always got smacked by me right when it happened. The message wasn't sinking in though. Then he started biting other people. One night he reached over and bit my friend's grandpa right infront of me during a visit, and that was it. RIGHT HOOK! I've broken him of biting me completely, but he will bite other people still-thankfully very very rarely.
He also tried almost constantly to itch his head/ears on ME, or other people. He always got reprimanded by me, but it didn't sink in until he got that fist in his face. He still tries to do it, but a firm NO puts it to a stop at least with me. No one wants to stand up to him. He's just so nice in every other aspect. LOL.
Methinks some previous owner thought it was cute or was too much of a pushover to put a stop to it.
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