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Horse Behavior and Training

Restless around other horses.

By:

nabo@96

Date:

2026-Jan-26 at 04:49PM

Hi, I'm from a community that uses horses as our means of transportation and I have a horse that gets a little weird around other horses. She wants to jump up in the air and backs if I don't allow forward motion(either because she wanted to go without my consent or she takes off so violently that my buggy leaves the ground) usually she's patient and responds well to my requests but training seems to go out the windows around other horses. Any advice? Thanks!

JoHewittVINTA 2026-Jan-27 at 06:12PM

Hi & welcome to the Uni. I have given your post some thought & I think perhaps your mare has been bullied by other horses at some point in her life. Given your community you may well know her history from birth but if an alpha mare has picked on your girl it would account for her unsettled behaviour around horse gatherings.

As far as a solution is concerned I have a couple of suggestions. The first is to reduce her anxiety by retraining her without blinkers - if her field of vision is uninterrupted she may react less extremely to the proximity of other horses. Hopefully you have friends who can help you - you need someone with a very grounded & calm gelding who will inspire your girl with confidence. Working in harness without blinkers needs to be introduced like a new skill as horses can react to being closely followed which, when blinkered, they do not fully recognise. However, you may well find she progresses very quickly, especially with the aid of a calm horse to inspire her & teach her that not every other horse is out to kick or bite her.

I hope you find this helpful. Please share how you get on. Cheers, Jo.