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<blockquote data-quote="bward" data-source="post: 365852" data-attributes="member: 48"><p>Sounds a lot like my experience with my last purchase. She was a paint mare that was plum quiet when I tried her out at the sellers place, and a totally different horse after I brought her home. I even gave her two weeks of acclimatizing before I did anything with her other than lead her out to a grassy pasture each day and pen her at night. </p><p>She tended to walk all over me, invade my space and pretty much ignore me at her whim. When I corrected her it just irritated her and she would offer nips. Total disrespect. Let me clarify that I have had horses all my life except for the last ten years when I had to put my last horse down at the age of 25. Even then during those rideless years we had racehorses that we wintered here when they were not in training.</p><p></p><p>This mare was a bundle of nerves trying to ride and was spooky and shied at things I could not even imagine. I spent time lounging her and working on ground manners which did seem to help for short periods of time but she was just a time bomb in waiting. During all this cafuffle, I tried to get the owner to take the horse back explaining that we were not suited to each other. I like her and she hates me. ( I never had a horse hate me before so it was a novel experience.)</p><p></p><p>One day during a ground session I had led her away from the horses out of her comfort zone. This is where she went ballistic on me... I was able to get the rope over her nose for a better grip and she finally had had it with me and reared up over top of me ( missing me coming down) and then spun around and offered me both hind feet faster than I could blink. </p><p>That was the day that I realized I could not handle this "well broke" Mare. </p><p></p><p>Like your situation, this mare was used to having her own way and was very dominant. The previous owner was always feeding her treats, allowing her to graze while being ridden, and who knows what else.</p><p></p><p>What I assumed was laziness in the mare when I was trying her out was actually boredom of going somewhere in her comfort zone. </p><p></p><p>I did end up taking a big loss on the horse as I would not sell her as 'ridable' to anyone else, and the previous owner would not take her back... Imagine that.</p><p></p><p>I wish you luck with your new horse...I wish I could offer some advice but the elbow thing when leading only irritated the heck out of my wonder mare. What she needed was to be thrown and humiliated, and I was not up to that. Not at my age.</p><p></p><p>keep us updated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bward, post: 365852, member: 48"] Sounds a lot like my experience with my last purchase. She was a paint mare that was plum quiet when I tried her out at the sellers place, and a totally different horse after I brought her home. I even gave her two weeks of acclimatizing before I did anything with her other than lead her out to a grassy pasture each day and pen her at night. She tended to walk all over me, invade my space and pretty much ignore me at her whim. When I corrected her it just irritated her and she would offer nips. Total disrespect. Let me clarify that I have had horses all my life except for the last ten years when I had to put my last horse down at the age of 25. Even then during those rideless years we had racehorses that we wintered here when they were not in training. This mare was a bundle of nerves trying to ride and was spooky and shied at things I could not even imagine. I spent time lounging her and working on ground manners which did seem to help for short periods of time but she was just a time bomb in waiting. During all this cafuffle, I tried to get the owner to take the horse back explaining that we were not suited to each other. I like her and she hates me. ( I never had a horse hate me before so it was a novel experience.) One day during a ground session I had led her away from the horses out of her comfort zone. This is where she went ballistic on me... I was able to get the rope over her nose for a better grip and she finally had had it with me and reared up over top of me ( missing me coming down) and then spun around and offered me both hind feet faster than I could blink. That was the day that I realized I could not handle this "well broke" Mare. Like your situation, this mare was used to having her own way and was very dominant. The previous owner was always feeding her treats, allowing her to graze while being ridden, and who knows what else. What I assumed was laziness in the mare when I was trying her out was actually boredom of going somewhere in her comfort zone. I did end up taking a big loss on the horse as I would not sell her as 'ridable' to anyone else, and the previous owner would not take her back... Imagine that. I wish you luck with your new horse...I wish I could offer some advice but the elbow thing when leading only irritated the heck out of my wonder mare. What she needed was to be thrown and humiliated, and I was not up to that. Not at my age. keep us updated. [/QUOTE]
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