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Post by horselady on Dec 2, 2020 1:21:17 GMT
I got a boarder in last week,, a horse that is 15 years old and has been owned by the same people for 10 years. this horse has been with one mare for all that time, the mare is at another barn and the gelding is here, he hate a stall. feels lonely or confined. how do i get him to like a stall. the mare at the other barn is having a rough time and her owner wants to know if she could come up here. how do i keep them apart or is better to keep them together,? if i walk one in and leave the second one out, than go get the second one? or take both at the same time.? in all the years of doing horses i have not had to worry about bonded horses. i lead one and the other followed, but with these they are strangers to me. any suggestion is appreciated.  |
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Post by horselover4life on Dec 8, 2020 16:59:04 GMT
Your new boarder horse has lost his other half, the part that he knew to trust to keep him safe, the part he knew would run to play, be aggressor to protect him and he was that for her...
Kind of sounds like what you get when mare and foal are never weaned...they never learn to depend on themself, but always to lean on another.
I don't know how to fix it...
But I recognze it for what it is...grieving.
Each horse is grieving the loss of the other...with near a broken heart.
If you can get the other horse to come as a retired animal would be great for additional income.
I have always moved "true bonded" together, walk each on a lead but we went as a pair in all things needing done {vet, farrier}.
Once you can put the 2 together you will need 1 foaling or appropriate sized stall or run-in for them to share..
Yes it is a PITA for some things, but to separate now...you are seeing the unhappiness, the serious pining, confusion and rejection...
If you can not reunite I fear your gelding is going to become unhealthy, sickly and die sooner than he otherwise would.
Both animals are probably in the same mind-set...
When the day does come one passes, it is going to be kinder to lay the other to rest than watch the sad demise take place...you actually have that beginning already in infant steps, soon to move at a faster pace, the demise.
That has been my experience in the past.
When truly bonded, keep them together and when one passes lay the other to rest then and their cause to grieve & pine is a true understatement of their sorrow and misery.
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Post by horselady on Dec 9, 2020 1:28:20 GMT
Thanks for your input.. so far the gelding is ok,, he seems happy,, looking out and seeing other horses,, and i spend time with him,, the mare and another gelding were shipped to a barn to be used for lessons.. they are young and this barn is a place the owners know. it is best that if horses are young and rideable and healthy they go on to work and be useful. ill keep everyone posted on this horses.. next is farrier work to correct a hoof crack and split and than vet for testing of cushings.
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Lipizzan
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Post by Lipizzan on Jan 5, 2021 20:03:06 GMT
I agree that the horse Will get sader and sader without his partner.
I think in my opinion it would be better to keep them together.
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