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younghorsetrainer

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Everybody's horses should have their own unique quirk, or pretty unique anyway.
So everybody talk about their horses's unique quirks, and pictures of them if they are gestures if you have any!
 
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Every morning Sky puts her head over her stall while I am untying her hay net for a kiss or two then goes back to eating. She wrings her mouth anytime she is bored, annoyed, confused etc has done it since she was a yearling it is annoying most of the time but it is her.

Cricket is a head shaker when she isn't getting her way or is confused. She will lipinzaner leap if you ask her to stand around at an event currently, if you keep her walking she is totally fine though( Iam hoping we will grow out of this with time). After every ride when I step off she checks in by putting her face to my chest.

The TB gelding I sold would back up to you n matter where you were (tied/untied) and demand butt scratches. If you ignored him he would just lean into you.
 
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my geldings quirks:
- chasing any moving thing, cats, chickens, cars, trucks, even if a truck drives by the pasture, he’ll be right beside it chasing it.
he’s very fond of golf carts, tractors and mowers, by far his favorite. But he only likes tractors if they’re moving, sitting still he is not a fan.

-getting into absolutely anything. like they say, curiosity kills the cat lol, his curiosity is not in his favor sometimes

- biting EVERYTHING! I don’t know what it is, if it’s a lunge whip, the mower, the pitch fork, me (yep we’re working on that)
Sometimes it’s helpful, once I had my hands full when walking him so I asked him to hold something and he very gently took it and then he gave it back once I asked for it, he’s like my little tool box, maybe I trust him too much, but he always knows the different between food or brush LOL.

- rubbing against you constantly or leaning his butt against you, he demands for scratchies.

- his top lip. When he’s excited, or even when I fuss at him, he drops his front lip extremely far, he already has an overbite so he kinda looks like an elephant when he’s doing it, I don’t know why, it’s something he does.
but when he’s bored he will just move his top lip around.

- sticking his tongue out whenever he drinks water, it’s just so cute!


that’s all I can think of right now!


I find this picture extremely funny, him trying to grab the pitchfork, I call this “baby whale” or “baby beaver”
When I see this picture I always say “no teef!?”
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younghorsetrainer

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My gelding loves to bit the heads off peeps. I don't know why but every time I give him a peep (which is his favorite treat) He bites the head off first then eats the body, even if I turn it upside down.
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What are peeps? what do they look like?
 
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younghorsetrainer

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Morgan.taylor said:
Every morning Sky puts her head over her stall while I am untying her hay net for a kiss or two then goes back to eating. She wrings her mouth anytime she is bored, annoyed, confused etc has done it since she was a yearling it is annoying most of the time but it is her.

Cricket is a head shaker when she isn't getting her way or is confused. She will lipinzaner leap if you ask her to stand around at an event currently, if you keep her walking she is totally fine though( Iam hoping we will grow out of this with time). After every ride when I step off she checks in by putting her face to my chest.

The TB gelding I sold would back up to you n matter where you were (tied/untied) and demand butt scratches. If you ignored him he would just lean into you.
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Awww a kiss! that is funny. My horses aren't fond of kisses....
how does she wring her mouth? I have never heard of that so I can't visualize.
lol lipizanner leap!! That must make a very interesting show for the judges lol. and that is cute that she checks on you....
lol horses seem to love butt scritches! haw haw that seems like a training problem though to lean into you
 
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younghorsetrainer

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Horse & Dog Mom said:
Don't know if this would be considered a 'quirk', but it's sorta' handy. If I'm going to ride, as soon as I pick up our horse's bridle he starts yawning... Doesn't do it before or afterwards... It's very handy to be able to pop in his bit and not bang his teeth.
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Wow! That is handy! I guess that he gets his mouth muscles limber... and helps put in the bit. I wonder if he doensn't like it clanking on his teeth and so opens his mouth.
 
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baysfordays said:
my geldings quirks:
- chasing any moving thing, cats, chickens, cars, trucks, even if a truck drives by the pasture, he’ll be right beside it chasing it.
he’s very fond of golf carts, tractors and mowers, by far his favorite. But he only likes tractors if they’re moving, sitting still he is not a fan.

-getting into absolutely anything. like they say, curiosity kills the cat lol, his curiosity is not in his favor sometimes

- biting EVERYTHING! I don’t know what it is, if it’s a lunge whip, the mower, the pitch fork, me (yep we’re working on that)
Sometimes it’s helpful, once I had my hands full when walking him so I asked him to hold something and he very gently took it and then he gave it back once I asked for it, he’s like my little tool box, maybe I trust him too much, but he always knows the different between food or brush LOL.

- rubbing against you constantly or leaning his butt against you, he demands for scratchies.

- his top lip. When he’s excited, or even when I fuss at him, he drops his front lip extremely far, he already has an overbite so he kinda looks like an elephant when he’s doing it, I don’t know why, it’s something he does.
but when he’s bored he will just move his top lip around.

- sticking his tongue out whenever he drinks water, it’s just so cute!


that’s all I can think of right now!


I find this picture extremely funny, him trying to grab the pitchfork, I call this “baby whale” or “baby beaver”
When I see this picture I always say “no teef!?”
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lOl your horse sure is a character!! holding something for you! Sounds super handy if it isn't food... if it is down the hatch it goes!
awww I love that picture it is so funny.
 
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baysfordays said:
- biting EVERYTHING! I don’t know what it is, if it’s a lunge whip, the mower, the pitch fork, me (yep we’re working on that)
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I have read and been told that horses with this quirk make excellent trick horses. People who do trick horse shows first look for a horse who wants to take everything in his/her mouth.
 
younghorsetrainer

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younghorsetrainer said:
how does she wring her mouth? I have never heard of that so I can't visualize.
lol lipizanner leap!! That must make a very interesting show for the judges lol. and that is cute that she checks on you....
lol horses seem to love butt scritches! haw haw that seems like a training problem though to lean into you
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The mouth wringing is hard to explain she twists her lips side to side almost chewing. I thought it was baby caps coming loose but it is a behvaior she has kept up ever since I bought her and she is vet checked yearly including teeth and chiro lol.
We barrel race so no judges but I steer clear of the gates and crowds and just mind my own, shes young so I have hope she will just improve the more exposure she gets.
Not a training problem, he was not disrespectful about it if his worst quirk was demanding his cheeks be itched I wasn't gonna be mad at him. I obliged him most of the time. To my knowledge he has not offered this to his new mom.
 
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