Does anybody else have a horse that does NOT like to be groomed?

KZWestern · 12-09-2005, 07:56 PM

Isis doesn't hate being groomed. She doesn't act like she's in pain or tickled, but she just acts like it's such an irritating, time wasting thing to do. She fidgets and complains in the horsey sort of way whenever I try to groom her! It's sort of irritating. I know I should work on it to get her to have a better attitude but I havn't had time. She's not bad, she stands mostly still, she's just like a fidgity little girl getting her hair brushed when she doesn't want it to be! Does anybody else have a horse that just doesn't like having to wait to be groomed?

alr001 · 12-09-2005, 08:15 PM

Oh yes! My boy gets soo mad when I have to literally try and scrape the mud off of him. I think he just loves to be a mess. He only likes the soft brush. He gets ticked when I use the stiff or curry on him. He will step side to side and paw when I use those two but stand like an angel for the soft.
LOL hes a goof.

I LOVE winter though when it is cold and he is clean 24/7 from having his blanket on

drunkenmimes · 12-09-2005, 08:27 PM

Tontos like that, but really only if i groom him hard. He seems to have really sensitive skin. Its funny cause he LOVES the underside of his neck to be groomed hard, but anywhere else he tend to be like you said" a kid getting their har brushed when they dont want to" Hes HORRIBLE about his legs too. he constantly lifts them up, so ive restored to grooming his legs even if they are held up. lol. i know how you feel :0)

Xiphias · 12-09-2005, 11:28 PM

No , Xiphias loves to be groomed, but I have groomed on a tb training farm, they had a filly who was horrid to groom, she would try to bite and kick you the whole time that you were trying to get her clean enough to tack up, she was a major pain in the rear to work on....Cathy

ladida · 12-09-2005, 11:30 PM

*raises hand* Isabel is very sensitive, but because of that doesn't roll, so she usually pretty clean. She loves her butt to be curried and if you brush her face though, but everywhere else gets the evil eye!

Lindsayanne · 12-10-2005, 08:20 AM

Regal doesn't like it in the summer time, I think it irritates his skin having his curls brushed down. But he doesn't seem to mind lately, I think his coat's so thick he can't even feel it.

Ebony lurves being brushed.

MyY0Y0 · 12-10-2005, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alr001

I LOVE winter though when it is cold and he is clean 24/7 from having his blanket on

I LOVE that!

BrittBS · 12-10-2005, 08:39 AM

Star hates being groomed also! I hate it! She doesn't stand still, she paws, she even sometimes tries to bite and kick me. But Buckwheat would stand all day and be groomed!! he loves it!

Shadowsprite · 12-10-2005, 12:24 PM

I wouldn't say she hates it but she definately "puts up with it" She absoutely hates it when I try to groom her when she's eating. I get all sorts of nasty looks and barred teeth threatening me lol

It's quite funny because she'd never actually do anything :P

jokerslastdude · 12-10-2005, 01:01 PM

Maverick isn't too keen on being groomed, He'll stand for it but if I take to long or have to get someing thing he gets annoyed. He give me a LOOK and then snorts like a deer. Sometimes he shakes his head at me too!! He also ALWAYS wants to see what is going on behind him. nothing.. It's usually just me and him in the barn.

Dude on the otherhand loves it, he leans into me, closes his eyes and just about falls asleep!

12-09-2005, 07:56 PM	#1
KZWestern Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,643 Images: 35	Does anybody else have a horse that does NOT like to be groomed? Isis doesn't hate being groomed. She doesn't act like she's in pain or tickled, but she just acts like it's such an irritating, time wasting thing to do. She fidgets and complains in the horsey sort of way whenever I try to groom her! It's sort of irritating. I know I should work on it to get her to have a better attitude but I havn't had time. She's not bad, she stands mostly still, she's just like a fidgity little girl getting her hair brushed when she doesn't want it to be! Does anybody else have a horse that just doesn't like having to wait to be groomed? __________________ Kristie + Isis = Krisis!!!!!!!!! Isis - slaughter rescue Grattitude - Swedish Warmblood

12-09-2005, 08:15 PM	#2
alr001 Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Palmyra, PA Posts: 1,267 Images: 75	Oh yes! My boy gets soo mad when I have to literally try and scrape the mud off of him. I think he just loves to be a mess. He only likes the soft brush. He gets ticked when I use the stiff or curry on him. He will step side to side and paw when I use those two but stand like an angel for the soft. LOL hes a goof. I LOVE winter though when it is cold and he is clean 24/7 from having his blanket on __________________ ~Angie~

12-09-2005, 08:27 PM	#3
drunkenmimes Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: connecticut Posts: 1,053 Images: 115 Blog Entries: 3	Tontos like that, but really only if i groom him hard. He seems to have really sensitive skin. Its funny cause he LOVES the underside of his neck to be groomed hard, but anywhere else he tend to be like you said" a kid getting their har brushed when they dont want to" Hes HORRIBLE about his legs too. he constantly lifts them up, so ive restored to grooming his legs even if they are held up. lol. i know how you feel :0) __________________ .:. It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to *fall*.:. .:rach:. 4-16-07Today, we are all Hokies. Keep them in you hearts.

12-09-2005, 11:28 PM	#4
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,718 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	No , Xiphias loves to be groomed, but I have groomed on a tb training farm, they had a filly who was horrid to groom, she would try to bite and kick you the whole time that you were trying to get her clean enough to tack up, she was a major pain in the rear to work on....Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts and 3 million posts I've been snowballed 5 times

12-09-2005, 11:30 PM	#5
ladida Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,727 Images: 221 Blog Entries: 33	raises hand Isabel is very sensitive, but because of that doesn't roll, so she usually pretty clean. She loves her butt to be curried and if you brush her face though, but everywhere else gets the evil eye! __________________ Turn my grief to grace. R.I.P Mister, Zoe and Gilly She-Is-a-belle Member of the FF club for life!

12-10-2005, 08:20 AM	#6
Lindsayanne Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joplin, MO Posts: 9,855 Images: 399	Regal doesn't like it in the summer time, I think it irritates his skin having his curls brushed down. But he doesn't seem to mind lately, I think his coat's so thick he can't even feel it. Ebony lurves being brushed. __________________ Bashkir Curly Poster Child *NE Prime Time Regal - 2006 ABCR National Champion & 2008 Breyerfest Demo Horse

12-10-2005, 08:39 AM	#8
BrittBS Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 1,207 Images: 207	Star hates being groomed also! I hate it! She doesn't stand still, she paws, she even sometimes tries to bite and kick me. But Buckwheat would stand all day and be groomed!! he loves it! __________________ ~Brittney~ I've been BOO'ED!! RIP Samantha! My little angel in heaven! I love you! MY BABY GIRL! Star 23 yrs old Palomino QH Member of the 20lb club!! Starting weight- 146lbs Current Weight- 138.6 lbs Goal Weight- 126lbs http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=P8060518

12-10-2005, 12:24 PM	#9
Shadowsprite Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vermont Posts: 532	I wouldn't say she hates it but she definately "puts up with it" She absoutely hates it when I try to groom her when she's eating. I get all sorts of nasty looks and barred teeth threatening me lol It's quite funny because she'd never actually do anything :P __________________ I wander in these Iridescent Shadows ~The rarest and most beautiful flower of all is the one that blooms in adversity~

12-10-2005, 01:01 PM	#10
jokerslastdude Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: B-Lo, NY Posts: 890 Images: 128	Maverick isn't too keen on being groomed, He'll stand for it but if I take to long or have to get someing thing he gets annoyed. He give me a LOOK and then snorts like a deer. Sometimes he shakes his head at me too!! He also ALWAYS wants to see what is going on behind him. nothing.. It's usually just me and him in the barn. Dude on the otherhand loves it, he leans into me, closes his eyes and just about falls asleep!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Head bobbing while being groomed	shymare	Horse Chat	4	12-07-2005 05:56 PM
Groomed a hugely shedding ol' mare :)	SweetIron	Horse Grooming	1	04-16-2005 10:44 AM
Horse goes into la la land when groomed...	MelissaH	Horse Chat	10	02-07-2005 05:48 PM
My horse chews when groomed	Jannette	Horse Grooming	14	06-04-2003 12:33 PM
cribbing only when being groomed	huntergal03	Horse Health	3	03-26-2003 03:20 PM