Bah..its annoying me now. Phantom, my dear pony, is very dominant, leader of the pack, bosses around every horse is his path, as long as he is on his own ground (he didn't get away with it in livery with strange horses).
My little herd of 4 have been together about 10 years, Rusty joined 2 years ago but the other 3 have always been together. Rusty is like Phantom, but he's a mini shetland so he can't really pull off the tough guy routine. Phantom is suprisingly lenient towards Rusty's shenanigans (like running up to P and trying to bite him!).
The other 2 in the herd are 2 mares. Aswell as them, I have another mare on loan. The problem is, I have had Saphy on loan since October, and the first time I put them together, Phantom was so aggressive. I put them in fields next to each other for a month, and tried again. Same thing. Another month went by, and one day I went to catch her and they were all in the same field, grazing together happily!
They have been fine since then, except on thursday when I went to catch her in the evening, Phantom started again, for no reason. He was really bad.. Eventually, after about 20 mins, he just stopped. Turns out he had tied up (had an azoturia attack) so his muscles had siezed up.
What am I supposed to do?
Phantom's been blood tested to see if he is a rig. He isn't
My little herd of 4 have been together about 10 years, Rusty joined 2 years ago but the other 3 have always been together. Rusty is like Phantom, but he's a mini shetland so he can't really pull off the tough guy routine. Phantom is suprisingly lenient towards Rusty's shenanigans (like running up to P and trying to bite him!).
The other 2 in the herd are 2 mares. Aswell as them, I have another mare on loan. The problem is, I have had Saphy on loan since October, and the first time I put them together, Phantom was so aggressive. I put them in fields next to each other for a month, and tried again. Same thing. Another month went by, and one day I went to catch her and they were all in the same field, grazing together happily!
They have been fine since then, except on thursday when I went to catch her in the evening, Phantom started again, for no reason. He was really bad.. Eventually, after about 20 mins, he just stopped. Turns out he had tied up (had an azoturia attack) so his muscles had siezed up.
What am I supposed to do?
Phantom's been blood tested to see if he is a rig. He isn't
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