At 22:26:00 on 16.11.08, Horse Girl wrote:
Has anyone any experience of working with horses who have been turned out with Stallions. I have a 5 year old Dartmoor who has been turned out with stallions. He is very defensive around my 2 other ponies probably because he was harrassed a lot. He is generally always on his guard. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

At 00:51:00 on 24.10.10, zoe small wrote:
he needs to learn to trust humans above horses , he has learnt that he needs to fight for what he gets ,i have a dartmoor that came from a very large herd with both mares and stallions ,he has taken time but now looks to me for his feed and fuss and doesnt try and boss my others around ,even though they are bigger than him , it has taken months of spending hours with him

At 14:08:48 on 05.01.11, bazz94 wrote:
do you spend any time with him in the paddock doing nothing except being apart of the herd? You need to learn his language, not the other way around. Go out and don't take carrots, don't take a halter just walk in and learn how your body language effects not only your horse but the WHOLE herd. Believe me I've had to learn this through my horse, I wasn't about to catch him due to he went from a small paddock to about a 75acre large paddock, but that wasn't the reason, the reason was because I hadn't taught my self fully, I did join up with him before etc. but because the biggest her he was with was 2 other horses in the same paddock the herd dynamic wasn't as large. Also don't be put off if he changes slightly if a new horse comes in, the pecking order is just being dealt with and so he might go from bottom to top or top to bottom depending on the new horse. Don't go out intending to catch and ride your pony. Good Luck!