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Originally Posted by horse rookies
This is the first time for me to post a question and really hope to get some help.
We have had our 4 yr old mare since June 6. The halter stayed on her all the time. The previous owner had done this also so we continued for easy of getting hold of it and leading her. We took it off to buy her a new one and when we went to get her she took off running from us and absolutely would not let us put the halter back on. We finally opened the gate and let her run into her corral at which time we did eventually get it back on after she ran around the corral a while. She immediately became calm and we could lead her.
The next day in the field with halter still on she would run from us again. Tried treats and she would come up for it but was watching all the time. As soon as my husband got close, off she went again. Finally had to open the gate and let her find her way to the corral again.
Now this morning my husband went to lead her to the field and she ran from him in the corral. She is just getting worse. We tried feed, treats, petting. Never has anything aggresively been done to this horse from us. She rides just fine except when she is tired of riding she fights to go back to corral. But she has never given any indication of wanting to buck, bite or kick. She is just had strong.
We are wondering if there is something we should be doing different. We are both novices at horses. Me more than my husband. Any help would be great!!
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You can get a lot better advice on here than i can give you thats for sure! this forum has helped me alot being a novice also, I have a 2 yr old dun that did me the same way , once we took her halter off she wouldnt come to you at all if you had a rope or halter or anything in your hand that she thought you were going to try and catch her with, I was watching a traing video on you tube the guy was running his horse around in a round pen ,eventually he walked up to the horse, and in time put bridle on one time , the next the saddle etc..I used this technique in a make shift round pen, one time i would run her to the right ,then to the left for a while eventually when she was stopped i walked right up to her and put the halter on without a problem. now she is more than willing to let me walk right up to her brush her put on halter rub her etc... you might try the round pen thing , it"s sure worked for me and Buttercup!