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Location: Minnesota | I have a new gelding that is being boarded in a small facility. All of her horses are turned out together in a large pasture, they all get a long great and really are non-dominant. That being said, the gelding I have will NOT get ouf of the way if they kick or bite at him. He is penned off in the indoor right now, but its getting progressively worse. I am going to try a few things to introduce him back and see if I can make it work, but he got ran under a tree by one of the herd and has a pretty nice gash across his spine. I have given him about 2 weeks off to heal up but Im looking for what you'd do to help his back? Chiro? Acupuncture? Massage? Hes been kicked at a few times and I think he just needs to be adjusted but Im not sure if that is where to start? |
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| aquinnell - 2016-08-11 12:07 PM
I have a new gelding that is being boarded in a small facility. All of her horses are turned out together in a large pasture, they all get a long great and really are non-dominant. That being said, the gelding I have will NOT get ouf of the way if they kick or bite at him. He is penned off in the indoor right now, but its getting progressively worse. I am going to try a few things to introduce him back and see if I can make it work, but he got ran under a tree by one of the herd and has a pretty nice gash across his spine. I have given him about 2 weeks off to heal up but Im looking for what you'd do to help his back? Chiro? Acupuncture? Massage? Hes been kicked at a few times and I think he just needs to be adjusted but Im not sure if that is where to start?
Find somewhere else to board. I've never been okay with running horses together unless they all belong to me and I get to call the shots of managing their herd life. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Why is he being turned out with strange horses?I would not be turning him out with other horses that he dont know, hes going to get ran threw a fence, hes on the bottom of the pecking order. I would move him befor he gets hurt really bad, he needs his own turn out time, are turned out with maybe 1 or 2 other horses but not more then that. Does this place have stalls? Are is it just pasture board? |
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| If no other options I would introduce him to 1 or 2 at a time. First penned up next to each other and then together.
When I boarded we ran them all together, but introduced horses into the herd slowly, usually with the more docile ones so we could get a feel for the new horses attitude and then working our way up to the leaders. No one got thrown to the wolves and we monitored the situation so we could separate if needed. |
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Location: Minnesota | Im sorry I should back up. Yes they are strange horses, but its a herd of 7 total. He would be turned out the same if he were at my farm with my other horses. He is being boarded to have acess to indoor/outdoor arena, ect. He was penned by himself to start with, he wasnt just thrown out to the wolves. Its about a 15 acre pasture, there is plenty of room for him to get away, they are not really chasing him, they are just showing dominance and he is just standing there VS moving out of the way. He is alone again now and he is being introduced to 2 other geldings tonight in a confined space and he will gradually be added to more horses again and if it continues to be an issue I will move him. The place im boarding is owned by a good friend of mine that I run with and she is doing everything she can to help the situation. If he were getting chased around I would be more leary but apparently he is lacking in common sense?? I dont know. My question is what would you start with to make sure he's not out of wack across his back |
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Location: Jersey Girl | aquinnell - 2016-08-11 1:07 PM I have a new gelding that is being boarded in a small facility. All of her horses are turned out together in a large pasture, they all get a long great and really are non-dominant. That being said, the gelding I have will NOT get ouf of the way if they kick or bite at him. He is penned off in the indoor right now, but its getting progressively worse. I am going to try a few things to introduce him back and see if I can make it work, but he got ran under a tree by one of the herd and has a pretty nice gash across his spine. I have given him about 2 weeks off to heal up but Im looking for what you'd do to help his back? Chiro? Acupuncture? Massage? Hes been kicked at a few times and I think he just needs to be adjusted but Im not sure if that is where to start?
My one gelding doesn't do well in group turn out. Everytime I came out he was lame, cut or both.
I agree, find another place to board if you can't just have have him turned out with one other horse. |
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| I would get him adjusted by a chiro to make sure everything is in place. I have a little gelding that will stand and take repeated kicks/bites instead of moving. Why? No idea. |
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Location: KS | Yes, I would probably start with chiro also, would be the most simple fix (hopefully). I hate when they get picked on also, several years ago while still in college I brought mine home for the summer and threw them in with a couple of my folks (they knew each other), they were getting along fine, then my older brother came home and and threw a few more in, only one new gelding, but man was he mean. We noticed one of my dads geldings was always up in the lot, they had a good 20 acre pasture that came up to pens and an automatic waterer, so they were up almost everyday for grain and water, well I took a 4 wheeler out one day to see what was going on, as I had a new colt to check on anyway, well got my Dad's gelding to follow me down and sat and waited to see what happened, watched that new gelding of my brothers charge at my dad's smaller gelding, never seen anything like it, he almost charged over me to get to him. Needless to say I went up and taddled on him, he got a new home for the summer. |
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