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| CarolinaCowgirl |
Posted - 04 May 2010 : 6:06:41 PM
I have just started backing my little girl in the last few months and she has been going fantastically, very happy and willing to work, but I noticed she seems to have come into season recently and when I got on her today she decided she did not want to go forward and kept stopping, if I tried to make her move forward she just pinned he ears and kicked out. Now I have only ever had geldings before and have never come across this problem before. One of the ladies on my yard said she probably just has PMS! It got me wondering what other mare owners do and if they have any experience with this problem? Should I just give her the week off or take it day by day, I'm just a bit worried as she has just started learning I dont want her to get into any bad habits by riding her when she's clearly uncomfortable. |
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| pinkvboots |
Posted - 06 May 2010 : 10:33:11 AM
I had a mare that that would just stop and refuse to move when she was in season, it only went on for a while and then she went back to normal, nice you had a grooming girly day we call it playing ponies a few of my friends use the mare supplements for this kind of thing no harm in trying some out. |
| Nichole Waller |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 9:43:51 PM
My mare was a little like this when she was 4. (She was backed at 4). She became very stroppy and argumentative during the first few days of her season.
If my time of the month and her season clashed then i definitely didn't ride her as we were disastrous together.....(two stroppy mares...)
I tended to not school and just go for a quite hack when she first came into season.
She is fine now but 17 years old... |
| Jamana |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 9:21:16 PM
Whist you don't want to encourage bad habits such as stopping/napping it is worth remebering that some mares get very tender on their ovaries just prior to/early on in their seasons. If she is stopping to squirt and pee at another horse then that is something to work through and make her go on but if she is just uncomfortable with your weight pressing on a tender area I would maybe do some ground work for a few days until it passes. Higher blood flow to the uterus can also make them feel 'fuller' and therefore less bendy!
As you are just backing her I am guessing that she is 3-4yo and so her seasons could be more erratic, ie maybe producing more eggs on a cycle and that would cause more tenderness. As she is still early in her education I would avoid causing her discomfort esp as she is normally happy to work, you don't to sour her. Listen to what she is telling you, something is different and she can't work as she wants.
Like Basbob says they generally get over it, esp as their seasons settle. |
| CarolinaCowgirl |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 8:47:56 PM
Ah, that is really comforting to hear, fingers crossed. It was just so out of character for her she's usually so excited to be ridden and ready to work. Went down and just groomed her and took pictures of her today, had a bit of a girly day (if there is such a thing) at the stables, primping and posing! |
| basbob |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 10:46:52 AM
Mine used to be similar as a youngster - pre season she wasn't too keen on bending and would sometimes have a strop if my leg was back and on - my instructor believed in was PMT and we all learnt to accept it. She did grow out of it though - 11 now and no PMT! |
| CarolinaCowgirl |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 09:34:29 AM
Thanks for your advice, I will have a look for Frisky Mare and Magnesium, see if that helps her out! |
| Goldenmane |
Posted - 04 May 2010 : 7:00:00 PM
Yes, carry on as normal, accept she is a mare and will fall in love with every other horse in the world when in season . However, you're in charge and she has to learn to carry on (even though we want to make allowances) I'm sure lots of people will be able to advise on supplements.
Jo78 already has!! Posted at the same time! |
| jo78 |
Posted - 04 May 2010 : 6:59:49 PM
I have a very hormonal mare that gets grotty when in season! She also acts like a real tart around geldings. I put her on Frisky Mare and Magnesium, and they work a treat!She concentrates so much more on her work, and is her usual old self again |
| LYNDILOU |
Posted - 04 May 2010 : 6:48:13 PM
Just like people, all horses are different from each other !, what one will do another wouldnt, I have never heard of a mare with PMS, but I guess it can happen , hormones do strange things . personally I wouldnt give her time off from the normal routine , or she may do it everytime she comes into season! |
