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Post by Shelby on Mar 18, 2003 20:27:58 GMT -5
Got a question folks I hope someone can help me with - is it possible for a TB, especially one OTT and one that was quite probably abused prior to the rescue getting him, to bond with one person (me) so well and have him and I get along well, very few problems, and then when anyone else tries to pet him, or anything, no matter how kind they are to him, he still will turn his rump to them or try to bite them?
I need help on this people! :bang:
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Post by Big Tee© on Mar 18, 2003 21:01:10 GMT -5
I have a race horse that acts the same way. I can do danged near anything with him, but most other people he kicks at. A lot of it is, I suspect, he has their number, and pushes it to full advantage, and gets away with it. It is common behavior on the track, particularly when only one person works with a horse all the time, and anyone else just does race day duty. The more nervous horses get acn pretty attached to their grooms, and the behavior when they change stables can make one think the horse was abused.
I do know my oddball horse was beaten pretty regularly, since I know who had him before and how they treat horses.
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Post by relativecolor on Mar 18, 2003 23:40:08 GMT -5
My Paint, Sierra, came to us with whip marks on his rump that took off hair. He looked like a pregnant mare, you couldn't even get near his ears, and he hated men. He still cannot be caught by a man, except sometimes by my dad. He'll usually run around his stall and refuse to stand still. I can walk in and he comes right to me and if he does act up, it will be after someone has gone in to get him. I don't know why, it just riles him up.
Zane, however, is a friendly little guy. I notice that he does give me a few more liberties. Lets me pet him all over. He flinches if someone new reaches for his face. He doesn't like to be touched around his eyes, so you have to go slow.
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