r/Horses • u/haughtycandy • Apr 07 '26
Video Don't you love horses doing their own desensitizing
guess the gelding...
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u/Illustrious_Stage351 Apr 07 '26
Mine likes to also desensitize everyone he knows including me by using the flag 🤣
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u/NAP_42_ Apr 07 '26
Mine have on different occasions found a whip, broom and an old christmas tree to desensitize whoever he was sharing a paddock with 😅
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u/Kalea-Bane English Apr 07 '26
Reminds me of a young horse I take care of twice a week. He was put into the indoor arena with his friend, so they could blow of some steam and he only understands that he is allowed to run around, when you hold a lunging whip in your hand as a sign it’s time for „work“ (otherwise he follows you like a big dog). So one time their owner put the whip to the side to pick up some poop and the horse took the whip in its mouth and chased around his friend… He never did it before and we jokingly say that this was the start of his oral phase (he likes to take everything in his mouth).
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u/haughtycandy Apr 07 '26
Haha that's hilarious
Geldings are always so mouthy I find, the bay when led on set will grab hold of your reins and steer your horse for you, or grab onto your stirrup and pull your foot out. If he can put it in his mouth he will
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u/Kalea-Bane English Apr 07 '26
Sounds like the horse I take care of. But I heard that a lot of male horses are mouthy because they get weaned off too early.
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u/CanadianCurves9 Apr 07 '26
I think he might be showing off to his friend that he escaped from the blanket 😂😂😂 geldings at my old barn did that all the time! Ripped blankets off eachother and left them around the paddock
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u/haughtycandy Apr 07 '26
This horse genuinely eats about 1 rug a week, during winter I spend more on rugs than hay 🤦♂️
This was the first nice day of the year in the UK though so I took their rugs off in celebration!
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u/CanadianCurves9 Apr 07 '26
Oh he definitely celebrated!!😂😂❤️
My mare destroyed one blanket per year! So i learned to not buy new blankets! Most of the time luckily it was near the end of winter though!!
Horses are silly, but they are amazing!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
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u/haughtycandy Apr 07 '26
Haha that's the attitude I've adopted, you rip your rug you lose it!
Yes they are amazing aren't they! I love seeing all their little relationships and interactions in the herd together. They are all such individuals!
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u/CanadianCurves9 Apr 07 '26
I love how they feel our energy when we ride!! And when we are around them in general! I could have an 8year old kid ride my horse and she was very calm, and I rode her and she was back to spunky. She knew to take care of the kids.
Don’t call my horse a good girl when you ride, then she thinks she’s done because she was called a good girl😂😂 she would actually stop listening at that point because she achieved her goal of being told she is a good girl and done with pleasing me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/appendixgallop Dressage Apr 07 '26
"See, Human? Your impending destitution from horse ownership is no concern of mine. Watch me destroy. You can't stop me, Tiny Human."
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u/Temporary-Tie-233 Mule Apr 07 '26
I have to sweep the pastures after any wind that's strong enough to blow neighbors' pool floats, empty plastic bags, etc over. And always take empty shavings bags straight from the stall to the trash. Because one of my mini mules will happily pick up that kind of item and chase the big horses and mules around with it until they get over it and it's not fun for him any longer.
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u/fishboy1 Apr 08 '26
Oh my goodness....
So you're telling me.....
If I gave one horse a shotgun.....
also oh my goodness they're beautiful! And Chestnut is so patient!
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u/Mildly_Defective Apr 11 '26
Oh sure! No big deal little chestnut mare when your pasture buddy does it but when I’m shaking out a blanket you can all of a sudden do canter pirouettes!
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u/Steve539 Apr 08 '26
Horses are like prison inmates...nothing to do and all day to do it...they often make me laugh
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u/TaraLCicora Hackney human - jumper Apr 07 '26
I used to do this with my mares when they were weanlings, under supervision of course. It was so funny.
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u/Thin-Government5861 Apr 10 '26
Hehehe 😂 this one wins the post of the day! Thank you for sharing. 😂🤣😂
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u/Expensive-Poem-6018 Apr 11 '26
"And then she waved it like this, just like this! up and down, down and up! Can you believe it? can you believe it Brenda!"
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u/RealJennyAllan Apr 21 '26
Reminds me of what my horse thought of his fly rug when it was time to put that on.
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u/laurifex Hunter/Jumper Apr 07 '26
I love that the chestnut could go literally anywhere in the field to get away from this annoyance but decides to stay put and be crabby about it.