filly's behavior suggestions on correction wanted

[sulphurfire]

Okay we have a 2 year old that will lean her head over any type of gate and flex her neck against it. She is not sucking wind but will repeatedly toss her head up and down against the gate, fence, rail whatever is hard enough for her to do this. It acts like an ocd type behavior which reminds me of cribbing, only like i said no wind sucking , just tends to make my gates lean. Anyone else ever had this? she doesn't stay on the gate just whenever she walks by. We really don't want to put a board across, the height clearance will make it awkward getting horses and people in and out.

[cng]

Okay we have a 2 year old that will lean her head over any type of gate and flex her neck against it. She is not sucking wind but will repeatedly toss her head up and down against the gate, fence, rail whatever is hard enough for her to do this. It acts like an ocd type behavior which reminds me of cribbing, only like i said no wind sucking , just tends to make my gates lean. Anyone else ever had this? she doesn't stay on the gate just whenever she walks by. We really don't want to put a board across, the height clearance will make it awkward getting horses and people in and out.

The wind sucking will come - give her a little more time.

[klb114]

Sounds like its a nervous thing - is she next to anyone ?? Maybe she needs the company and is testing the gates/ fences to get out!!! Hard to tell without seeing her do it, but just a thought. Does she do it in every field she in??? We have mares that dont like certain fields, weather they cant see another horse they like, or too much mud, etc.

[karenkarenn]

Sulphurfire
My older thoroughbred does that ALL THE TIME. We had to put up top wire elctrified to make him stop. The leaning on the rails/gate/fence will eventually break or bend it. I have seen it, even gates bend. He doesnt respect boundries and its apparent that she doesnt either.
Or come to think about it. You can ( and we tried this too) put a wire just on the top rail so that you dont closeline yourself.

[Happy]

Maybe she is just itchy under the neck. Do you brush her? just a thought. I know all my horses love to have under their necks brushed.

[sulphurfire]

Thanks for the replies, we are probably going to go with the hot wire. She's kept in a 4 acre pasture with three other horses, plenty to graze on. She is very people oriented, but we haven't been spending as much time working with them since we moved ( I'm still unpacking, and hubby and I both work full time hours. And daughters not allowed to work with them without us being home( this came about after she told off on herself getting on her very very green filly, the same one i'm talking about, when she was home sick from school), Hopefully soon we will have things settled down enough to where we can do more than just feeding and quick grooming(mainly feet)