If it's life or death, then sure, run, but if not, try to stand your ground.Ĭarry a crop with you, don't make a big deal about it, just hold it in your hand, if he swings around to bite, casually swing your arm and let his face run into the crop. If you watch 2 horses standing around and they both flatten their ears, one will step away, that one is now lower in rank than the one that didn't move.ĭon't allow him to move you if at all possible. In a herd, the one that moves their feet first loses. Is he halter broke? If so, keep a halter on him for a while, he's dangerous so treat him as such. This guy may have been middle of the pack, and his buddy was a leader or at least higher than this one before you got them, but, it is pretty clear from him going after you, that he wants to be above YOU in the pecking order. No equid wants to be low man on the pole, very few want to be the leader, they are usually happy in the middle of the pack. Ok, I think you have a pecking order problem. Had raised him from weaning, so no reason, other than really rough during breeding season, he was great. It was as if she was a he & he was running her off from his herd. In fact, one jennet he just did not like and tried to kill her.only the one. Only donkey I ever had with any aggression was during breeding season and he wouldn't attack, just would NOT handle with his normally good ground manners, if a jennet was cycling. They are quite accurate with their kick & stomp. But correction needs to be done with an understanding of "why". And while a lot of pain can cause reactions, it is normally in the area of the hurting if touched there and not the other end.Īttacking is not acceptable. If he is dropping food, sure sounds like "mouth" uld be teeth, or something in there - burrs, etc. One question, you say both are gelded - any chance he had one retained?
now stalled, before run-in, fed in large group & food fights, is the one with him his buddy or not, etc.what is the change.
Next, is their new situation a great deal different than before, i.e. You definitely need to ask previous owners about the usual personality of this animal - any bad experiences that might cause this. Generally if there was a bad issue early in their life. Plus, will I scare the other one who isn't a problem?Ĭould tooth problems be making him crabby? Should I stop the feed?Īs you know, MOST donkeys are not people aggressive.
#Running sheep kicks man in barn crack#
I won't hesitate to give him a good crack and go psycho on him but I'm going to hate doing it.
Now I'm just sick with stress and worry about what I'm in for tomorrow morning. Since then the behavior has gotten worse each day with him actually coming after me tonight when I walked in the barn with their hay. My husband was reaching over the fence scratching his butt when he swung around, ears pinned and tried to bite. This was also the day the biting started. Possibly its an issue with baby teeth but I'll find out. Just like a horse would do when they need their teeth floated. I noticed that he loses feed when he's eating. On Monday I picked up a bag of 12% protein pelleted horse feed. We're not new to donkeys but this is a new issue for us.įirst, I noticed he seems to have a bit of difficulty eating his hay. One of them, the one who seemed to be low man in the pecking order of the two has started trying to bite. Nice boys at first and now things have gone south. We welcomed 2 mini donkey geldings ( 3 & 4 years old) this past Sat.
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