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Question
"Last year April my parents bought a farm, with the farm came 5 horses, they were not very familier with humans but in time we have been able to ride them. In August we galded the 3year old stalion (Butch), which was ridden 3times but threw all 3people off. Since then me and him have really bonded, he comes when ever i call him and he is lovely to ride. In October my father bought a horse for himself, also a galding, 6years of age(Plum). But my Butch keeps on attacking Plum!! He gallops off and runs after Plum, untill we can get one of them in a camp and the other out. They run through fenses and all they are doing is hurting themselves. But i dont know how to make them like each other, Plum does nothing to Butch, but Butch has to go and attack Plum!!? Why? Do you know of any way that i can get Butch to stop fighting? Or do we have to seperate them all the time?
PLEASE if you have any info at all be it big or small, please help me!!!
Thanks a ton

Answer
Hey!

Thanks for your question and I hope I can be of some help. And sorry for taking so long in getting back to you.

The only explanation to why Butch pushes Plum around would be is that he is a bully. Horses are naturally herd animals, and there is always a dominant animal in every herd. Butch is probably bigger than Plum am I right? Or at least a little stronger. Seeing that he was a stallion at one time not so long ago, and he wasn't the easiest horse to handle, his behavior is expected. There's not really that much you can do about it. Some things you can do is try to put another horse in with them. One that is a little more dominant then Plum might be better. As for them running through fences, the only thing I might suggest would be a line of electric fencing around the field.

If it is really becoming a problem, a vet is always a good person to talk to. They should have some ideas for you, as well, they probably know the vet. Another option, is to talk to your vet about maybe a herbal remedy to mix into their food. There are many out there, that can be used for calming horses down, or easing their anger. You should be able to ask your vet about that too.

I hope that was of some help to you :)

* meg *