bad horse habbits: biting

Horses are beautiful, smart, and gentle animals. But they tend to have bad habits.

Biting is one habit that needs to be fixed immediately. If a horse is nippy, it may be because you feed it treats. Feeding it hand treats encourages the horse to nip at your hands to get the treat. If he does nip or try to bite you, you'll need to hit him on the nose and push his face away. This won't hurt him, it'll only tell him not to do this.

Horses can bite for different reasons. A playful, young horse might just try to nip you to be playful or to get your attention. An older horse that bites or nips might mean it's aggressive, or it might just be nipping because you have a treat.

If your horse continues to nip, despite you smacking him on the nose and pushing him away, you'll need to stop giving him hand treats. Or you can ask someone more experienced.

Just my advice,

Isabelle