Standardbred Mare Bit my Forehead
January 28, 2012 by cherryhillhorsekeeping
Dear Cherry,
I have an 8 year old mare standard bred. She is very nippy and can be aggressive. She bit my forehead a couple weeks ago. I had a bruise.
She spooks easily and I need help. She is western. The worst part is when I saddle her. She is sensitive and is cranky. Please help.
Thanks. Denver
Hi Denver,
It sounds like your mare needs to develop respect and confidence. Respect for you and confidence in herself and her surroundings. Biting and spooking are just symptoms of a horse with a lack of respect and confidence.
Have you visited my Horse Information Roundup? There you will find MANY articles related to your questions. Here are just a few
Biting and there are six more article related to Biting under Behavior
In addition, it sounds like you and your horse would benefit from you reading
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Good Morning, In ref. to this BITING MARE, I have a 11 yr old Spanish Mustang Geld. I have had him now about 14 month’s, he WAS a SPOOKY, some what of a PROBLEM CHILD? I just NEVER knew when we’d be out and about WHAT, WHEN, WHERE he was going to DO HIS SPOOKING, always caught me OFF GUARD, and made ME AFRAID to go out ALONE. I did ALOT of RESEARCH about this PROBLEM? What I found was, THIAMINE-B1?? I began giving ORALLY 20cc EVERYDAY for 10 day’s to BUILD a LEVEL, and now im down to 10cc, 3-4x a WEEK? And WHAT the RESULT’S were… INCREDIBLE! He’s alot more STABLE, CALM, SUBMISSIVE, COMPLIANT! We went out yesterday, after a LONG TIME, UNRIDEN from FEAR to MYSELF? I had the MOST AWESOME RIDE with him, THING’S that he would NORMALLY REACT to, NOTA! BEFORE, the THIAMINE TREATMENT, he’d back his rump up to me so I couldn’t bring him out SQUEEZE his BUTT CHECK’S READY to KICK ME in the HEAD! NOW… he’s become a PUPPY! I’d TRY this THIAMINE RX, and just MAYBE, you MAY have GOOD RESULT’S as I DID? Good LUCK, and STAND FIRM!!!!!! Paula
Although I am a proponent of frequent, regular, conscientious and effective handling and behavior modification (training) along with proper nutrition and management to help horses overcome their fears, sometimes nutraceuticals can help.
Although there are no research findings related to thiamine producing calmness, there are anecdotal (such as yours) and manufacturer testimonials (as one would expect) to that effect.
Also a good friend of mine, Rex Ewing, wrote an article
To Calm the Beast Within
which talks about the role of thiamine.
http://www.pixyjackpress.com/pdf/tocalmthebeastwithin.pdf
Cherry Hill