My current upper level horse (gelding) and my last one (mare) have been like that. My mare is the Queen Bitch, and my gelding is my curmudgeonly old man 
(said only with fondness, of course).
My mare bites at you when you’re putting on blankets (she’s only actually gotten me once or twice in 11 years, but boy does she like making the faces!) and gnashes her teeth when you tighten the girth, and likes to pretend to bite when you put on her bridle the second you drop the cross ties. She was a physical train wreck when I got her, and I would imagine that girthing up was painful for her, and I think her faces turned into a habit that didn’t stop when we got her back to being comfortable. Now I consider it her comedian act :lol: She looks a lot like Supershorty’s mare with her gnashing and biting.
My gelding was also a pretty big wreck when I got him. Tightening the girth may have been initially hard on him as well, but his attitude also remained the same after we got him put back together. Now he makes faces and tries to step on your foot while you tighten the girth, and then once it’s tightened he yawns happily. He also acts grumpy about anyone coming near him, and he’s one I prefer not to let people visit with in his pasture. For the first few years I owned him, I was fond of saying that I would happily be able to sell him on when he was further along because he was so grumpy and not terribly interested in bonding with me. Then one day that changed and he appointed himself my personal guardian and caretaker. Couldn’t sell him if I wanted to now…he’d never allow it!
I misread the title and thought it was “Grumpy Horses Clinic”, and was looking forward to a group picture of grumpy horses surrounding a beleaguered clinician.
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It’s like I own an alligator… who likes kisses. :lol:[/QUOTE]
Holy Moly, she’s worse than my red TB mare! Love the lip flapping.
Omg Supershorty I know your horse’s clone.
You know how some horses like it if you breath on their nose? Try it with this lady and she’ll bite your face off. Guess how I figured that one out… We have evil laughs blowing at her from a distance. The faces she pulls are hilarious. I do worry though that she is plotting our demise.
Yes! Chestnut mare. “Don’t you put that curry comb on me!” And food aggressive- I think that’s more to do with the fact that she was once on a dirt lot with 6 cows, and the guy who had her would bring a bale of alfalfa once a week. (Different story for a different day.) She doesn’t like horses or people watching her eat. Walk in the stall while there’s food, and the ears go back with a haughty mare head-shake.
Edit to add: supershorty- That lip. I about died! :lol:
