2Galdings and a trick

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"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

I also want to know for my mare. Do you know how to teach a horse to bow down, with the one front leg out and the other leg is under the horse and is leaning on it? Please, because she has a lot of potential and is a fast learner. Thanks!! What other tricks do you know, which are different to most horse tricks?
Thanks again!
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Hi Taryn,

First of all the horse Butch is going after Plum because he was gelded when he was 3, and he still probebly thinks he's a stallion.  Thats why he's going after the other gelding.  I have a stallion and he goes after my gelding, though not to bad.  It may take a while for them to like each other, but it may not happen at all...

As for the bowing, it will take a lot of work, time and patience.  The horse also has to have confidence in you and trust or it won't work.
Start by lifting his leg as if you'd pick out his hoof.  Than bend his head toward yo and push her chest until he shifts his weight backwards.  As soon as she does, release her totally, this will show her that when she responded to your hand on her chest that what she did was right.  Keep doing this same thing, over and over and over, over time she will be able to get lower and lower.  Very important that you release her when she responds at all, because this builds her confidence and she will be quicker to respond the next times.  If you don't do this, it won't work and you may not as well start.

Other tricks I can tell you, that are simpiler than bowing are...hugging, saying yes and no, and bowing by lifting their leg up in the air and touching their knee with their nose.
If you want to know any of these tricks let me know!

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Thanks soo much for the trick, im going to work hard to get her to do it!!! Do you think you could tell me the yes and no trick and the lifting her leg up to touch her nose trick, Please!!! I love teaching my horses new things!!!!
Thanks again!!!!  

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Hi!

The yes and no trick is quite simple.  Get something sharp such as a pointy stick or a pin.  To get them to shake their head no, gently prick them on top of the withers, it won't hurt them just annoy them.  Keep doing it til she shakes her head to get rid of the prick. As soon as she shakes her head stop doing it and praise her.  Then after a moment do it again until she shakes her, then stop and praise her.  EVENTUALLY, after repeating this a lot you should be able to tap her on the withers with your hand and than she'll shake her head!

Use the same procedure for yes, except prick her on the chest and she will nod her head down to get rid of the prick.

For touching the knee with the nose...this will take a while to teach and a lot of repetition.
Get a treat, than lift up her leg with your hand, hook your arm around where her knee with the treat in your hand.  The first time you may have to show her the treat to get her to lower her head to her knee to try and eat it but over time she know what is expected and bring her head right to her knee to try and get it. IMPORTANT: Do not give her the treat when her nose is touching her knee.  As soon as she touches her nose to her knee let her leg down, praise her and than give her the treat.  You'll have to pick her leg up for a long time before she realizes to pick it up on her own but it will be fairly quick for her to learn to put her nose on her knee.  Eventually, maybe over a month, you'll be able to touch her shoulder (as the signal to do the trick) and she will lift her leg up by herself and touch he nose to her knee on her own.  Than even later you'll be able to do it while on her by touching your foot to her shoulder.
Ever time you ask her to do the trick, even from the beginning, give her the signal to do it by touching her shoulder, it won't help her at first but after she can do it on her own she'll realize what it means!
Experiment a bit and see what works best for you, but those are the basics and what worked for me.

Good luck
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