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  • #21
    I have this same issue now... my horse is now in a pasture where there's a really pushy horse that I can't stand, plus I have to lead him through a gate at the corner of the mares' pasture, and they crowd the gate. My horse is a saint and will walk up and stand quietly for me, and I can send him through the gate and have him turn around and face me--but I hate dealing with other pushy horses, and the pushy gelding in his pasture is a real bastard and will run me over without a thought. I ask my BO for help; she'll come and catch the pushy bastard, and help drive the gate-crowding mares away, so I can get him out. She's as fed up with the pushy horse (who bit her last year) as I am so hopefully he'll be gone soon. (: I think I am going to start bringing a longe whip with me too after he almost plowed me over last time, and after he bit my horse on the butt to try to shoo him away from me--I'm really nervous about being amidst a large group of horses, and I worked hard to have my horse safe to handle on the ground; I don't need someone else's horse making me frightened around my own guy.
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    • #22
      Originally posted by Beverley View Post
      I don't like using whips for this sort of thing, practice your alpha horse skills, authoritative voice and body language are all you need (or stated another way, if you really need that whip, there are some pigs in that group in need of manners and that should be rectified).

      It's good to have a tool to back up your body language, voice, etc. Because if you can't back it up, you're teaching them to NOT respect you. Generally you're not going to need to use it, aside from maybe just a little wave or flick or tap-tap. Most horses have some respect for that.

      It's the best way to stay safe. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
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      • #23
        Originally posted by SarahandSam View Post
        I'm really nervous about being amidst a large group of horses . . ..
        You, too? It's my little phobia as well.

        When I was two or three years old, I managed to toddle into the midst of a dog fight between the neighborhood rivals (this being back in the day when people in the city could let their dogs out to make the rounds and not worry they'd get run over). A large rough collie and a lovely white GSD - both of whom I knew well and loved - got into it while I was petting them. Went up on their hind legs and knocked me down in the process. Ever seen the Anna Hyatt Huntington sculpture of the two stallions fighting? I remember it as looking just like that, only instead of being the kid perched on one's back, I was lying on the ground between them.

        I'm not at all afraid of dogs, cause I grew taller than all of them. But I still kind of hyperventilate when in a group of roughhousing animals who are a lot bigger than I am.
        Maybe that's why I won't go catch a horse out of a group.

        Anyway, the little paint horse will come to me so it's never been an issue as long as he's the one I'm after. When I used to have to lead my other horse past him to get to the ring, we had a few exciting moments! Luckily I rode with a western bridle back then and had long reins to try and beat him with!
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        • #24
          Originally posted by pAin't_Misbehavin' View Post
          I'm not at all afraid of dogs, cause I grew taller than all of them. But I still kind of hyperventilate when in a group of roughhousing animals who are a lot bigger than I am.
          Maybe that's why I won't go catch a horse out of a group.
          Yep... I never had an experience like you did with getting knocked around by anyone, but I'm a re-rider and read/heard too many stories about people getting injured or killed in the middle of a herd of horses... and I'm a small adult so being surrounded by large flight animals who like to squabble with each other does not help me get over that fear. (: I am very, very cautious when it comes to going into a pasture!

          Then again, when I was a kid, I probably would have been out there ducking under bellies and trying to play tag with them... learning that you are, in fact, breakable is a sad moment in life...
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          • #25
            I also wanted to comment, that in my experience, it's not the alpha horse who is the most dangerous when you are out with the herd. It's the fact that the horses lower on the "totem pole" may run you over to get away from the alpha horse. Which is why it's good to keep them ALL a safe distance away.
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