The farrier has arrived for a terrified William 2

The view and sounds and smell of a farrier proved to be far too much.
A very clear sign of probable abuse by other farriers of William in the past.
As it was very evident, that there was nothing to gain in continuing at this moment and start a fierce battle we would surely loose, I put him back into his stable, before any real harm was done to horse or people around.
Another farrier a week later, just walking up to his stable to see him, met with really extreme agression (opened mouth, kicking with his front feet, trying to bite through the bars). The smell of him was enough to set him off.
Just to ad, that in daily life, he is as docile and friendly as he can be.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hackney
• smith
• hackneyhorse
• harnesshorse
• carriagehorse
• horsedriving
• showdriving

[NebetSeta]

It's almost like - well, to me it looks like he knows he has to keep his foot up, but is shaking so hard due to the fear! Poor William. How is he doing now?

[xhorseandjumploverx]

awww poor Will! he looks terrified! :( dead pretty though <3

[mmaximmo]

The thing I probably like the most about horses is how sensitive they are. Right here it might be shown at a not so nice situation, but it's still really amazing. William is a really attractive horse. Congratulations on choosing him and working with him.

[Nizingur]

Poor baby! :(

[Heather9196]

poor guy is terrified... :(

[candypaddle]

Try a woman farrier - I do a lot of horses that "hate the farrier" and were abused in the past and are perfect angels for me. Even if you get a new, nice, guy sometimes the horse just won't trust him. If you get a woman sometimes it's enough of a change that they give it a try just because it's not a man.

[FrauZazoo]

Do you think he was sored in the past or had to bear "big lick"? I wish you all the best vor William. It makes me sad to see what he has to stand.

[emilywren1993]

oh bless him, hes standing there like 'look, see! my feet are fine!' some farriers can be really brutal. one kicked one of our minis so hard she fell straight over, ive never seen my instructor so angry in my life

[101jumpergirl101]

aww poor guy beautiful and i luv how he shakes his legs once at a time its cute and funny and i feel really bad for him:(

[smashingpumification]

I've never seen a horse so terrified! He is like shaking!!!!!

[understood448]

aww poor lad he looks terrified, its as if hes reliving it when his hoof is up, hows he now you ever managed to get a farrier near him, bless him, its unbelivable

[Ja72corbin]

the horse is most surelly tramatized. he was either hurt by a unexperienced ferrier or beat. the animal is hold ing his hoof up and shaking . i would say the front feet were hurt at one time. a little kindness and a lot of time .like another trip by a ferrier would help the animal. in a couple of days . the horses trust of a person that looks like a ferrier is been broken