I have a bit of a problem with my horse. She cannot stand quietly at all in the barn! Whenever I bring her in to the cross ties, and then leave for just a second to grab my brushes ect. she has a total flip out. We thought that maybe it was because there wasn't any other horses in the barn, so we brought her friend in and she still did it. She has stepped on my feet over a thousand times from shifting so much. She just gets so nervous.
One day, it got so bad to the point where she flipped over on her side because she reared and lost her balance. She broke the cross tie and dented a nearby freezer (which we use for feed) and got two long gashes up her neck and one above her eye. Luckily, they weren't too deep and she didn't turn up lame.
She used to stand like a freakin' angel. All by herself in the barn, without me or any horses. She used to sleep in the cross ties and be very calm.
I would really like to know how I can solve this. I don't know what is causing her to be this way, but I am just so afraid that she will get seriously injured.
I just want her to stand quietly, that's all. If I leave her for a minute, I just need to know that she won't get hurt.
One day, it got so bad to the point where she flipped over on her side because she reared and lost her balance. She broke the cross tie and dented a nearby freezer (which we use for feed) and got two long gashes up her neck and one above her eye. Luckily, they weren't too deep and she didn't turn up lame.
She used to stand like a freakin' angel. All by herself in the barn, without me or any horses. She used to sleep in the cross ties and be very calm.
I would really like to know how I can solve this. I don't know what is causing her to be this way, but I am just so afraid that she will get seriously injured.
I just want her to stand quietly, that's all. If I leave her for a minute, I just need to know that she won't get hurt.