Small breeder of quality traditional sport horses. TBXID/Connemara types. Based near Bath Somerset.
Selection of Foal/yearling/2 yr old sport horse bred youngstock available. IDxTB/Connie x TB/ISH x KWPN/ISH x Connie. All well handled, trimmed, wormed & been very well looked after since birth. All out of ridden mares with lovely temperaments, conformation & soundness. Bred for temperament & soundness. All to make super amateurs with potential for much more. Please message for more info or viewings. 😊
"New Home Syndrome"🤓
I am coining this term to bring recognition, respect, and understanding to what happens to horses when they move homes. This situation involves removing them from an environment and set of routines they have become familiar with, and placing them somewhere completely different with new people and different ways of doing things.
Why call it a syndrome?
Well, really it is! A syndrome is a term used to describe a set of symptoms that consistently occur together and can be tied to certain factors such as infections, genetic predispositions, conditions, or environmental influences. It is also used when the exact cause of the symptoms is not fully understood or when it is not connected with a well-defined disease. In this case, "New Home Syndrome" is connected to a horse being placed in a new home where its entire world changes, leading to psychological and physiological impacts. While it might be transient, the ramifications can be significant for both the horse and anyone handling or riding it.
Let me explain...
Think about how good it feels to get home after a busy day. How comfortable your favourite clothes are, how well you sleep in your own bed compared to a strange bed, and how you can really relax at home. This is because home is safe and familiar. At home, the part of you that keeps an eye out for potential danger turns down to a low setting. It does this because home is your safe place (and if it is not, this blog will also explain why a lack of a safe place is detrimental).
Therefore, the first symptom of horses experiencing "New Home Syndrome" is being unsettled, prone to anxiety, or difficult behaviour. If you have owned them before you moved them, you struggle to recognise your horse, feeling as if your horse has been replaced by a frustrating version. If the horse is new to you, you might wonder if you were conned, if the horse was drugged when you rode it, or if you were lied to about the horse's true nature.
A horse with "New Home Syndrome" will be a stressed version of itself, on high alert, with a drastically reduced ability to cope. Horses don't handle change like humans do. If you appreciate the comfort of your own home and how you can relax there, you should be able to understand what the horse is experiencing.
Respecting that horses interpret and process their environments differently from us helps in understanding why your horse is being frustrating and recognising that there is a good chance you were not lied to or that the horse was not drugged.
Horses have survived through evolution by being highly aware of their environments. Change is a significant challenge for them because they notice the slightest differences, not just visually but also through sound, smell, feel, and other senses. Humans generalise and categorise, making it easy for us to navigate familiar environments like shopping centres. Horses do not generalise in the same way; everything new is different to them, and they need proof of safety before they can habituate and feel secure. When their entire world changes, it is deeply stressful.
They struggle to sleep until they feel safe, leading to sleep deprivation and increased difficulty.
But there is more...
Not only do you find comfort in your home environment and your nervous system downregulates, but you also find comfort in routines. Routines are habits, and habits are easy. When a routine changes or something has to be navigated differently, things get difficult. For example, my local supermarket is undergoing renovations. After four years of shopping there, it is extremely frustrating to have to work out where everything is now. Every day it gets moved due to the store being refitted section by section. This annoyance is shared by other shoppers and even the staff.
So, consider the horse. Not only are they confronted with the challenge of figuring out whether they are safe in all aspects of their new home while being sleep deprived, but every single routine and encounter is different. Then, their owner or new owner starts getting critical and concerned because the horse suddenly seems untrained or difficult. The horse they thought they owned or bought is not meeting their expectations, leading to conflict, resistance, explosiveness, hypersensitivity, and frustration.
The horse acts as if it knows little because it is stressed and because the routines and habits it has learned have disappeared. If you are a new human for the horse, you feel, move, and communicate differently from what it is used to. The way you hold the reins, your body movements in the saddle, the position of your leg – every single routine of communication between horse and person is now different. I explain to people that when you get a new horse, you have to imprint yourself and your way of communicating onto the horse. You have to introduce yourself and take the time to spell out your cues so that they get to know you.
Therefore, when you move a horse to a new home or get a new horse, your horse will go through a phase called "New Home Syndrome," and it will be significant for them. Appreciating this helps them get through it because they are incredible and can succeed. The more you understand and help the horse learn it is safe in its new environment and navigate the new routines and habits you introduce, the faster "New Home Syndrome" will pass.
"New Home Syndrome" will be prevalent in a horse’s life until they have learned to trust the safety of the environment (and all that entails) and the humans they meet and interact with. With strategic and understanding approaches, this may take weeks, and their nervous systems will start downgrading their high alert status. However, for some horses, it can take a couple of years to fully feel at ease in their new home.
So, next time you move your horse or acquire a new horse and it starts behaving erratically or being difficult, it is not being "stupid", you might not have been lied to or the horse "drugged" - your horse is just experiencing an episode of understandable "New Home Syndrome." And you can help this.❤
I would be grateful if you could please share, this reality for horses needs to be better appreciated ❤
‼️When I say SHARE that does not mean plagiarise my work…it is seriously not cool to copy and paste these words and make out you have written it yourself‼️
Selection of youngstock ready for new 🏠
1 x foal ready at weaning
2 x yearlings - 1 bay gelding IDxTB. 1 x grey filly Connie x TB.
1 x 2yr old grey filly ISH x KWPN
please message for more info. All out of good dams, straight & blemish free. Dams & some siblings can be seen here.
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Beautiful babies!! 🥰
It’s a hard life!!!
🥰 Lenny 🥰
Some lovely pics of the Tuxon gang out in the big field!! 🥰
Ready for pastures new!!! Tuxon Masterpiece aka Arty. IDxTB yearling gelding. To make approx 16hh. Handled with a lovely temperament. His Dam was my nieces first horse after coming off ponies & won & was placed in several area ODE & dressage. She also had a foal when she was a youngster that has gone advanced BE so she’s not only a proven competition horse herself but a ready has progeny doing very well under saddle. This little chap (although going through his gangly yearling phase) oozes quality, is straight with quality movement. His sire is Carrigfada Grey Mist (class 1 ID stallion) who has been successful Show jumping & dressage & has a wonderful temperament. Arty’s dam is still here & can been seen. She is TB but on a full stud book SHB GB passport as bred for eventing/showing not racing. Please message with any questions. Five 🥕🥕🥕🥕
Eliza having zoomies!! 💨 Theo having a bounce!! Lenny eating as usual!!! 😂
Theo having fun with the hay bag! 🤣
We have a couple of foals/yearlings & a 2yr old looking for pastures new. All ISH types. Quality youngstock bred for temperament & soundness. Please message for more details.
⭐️Deposit now taken on Theo & Lenny.
Our third foal this season! 🥰 Tuxon Top Notch aka Theodore. Another big bay C**t.
The Tardy Lemon (Tara) gave birth to a strong C**t at 1:30am this morning! Welcome to the world Tuxon Legacy! 🥰
Tuxon Fair Lady
Dear Small Breeder…. I see you!
I see you pouring your heart and soul into those mares praying for a good heartbeat check.
I see you, missing family gatherings because a mare needs bred. Or one is about to foal.
I see you, sleepless nights hoping nothing goes wrong at foaling time.
I see you, crying because you lost a foal, mare or both.
I see you standing over that prize yearling, that just broke its leg.
I see you, struggling wondering which incentives to pay into. Because everyone wants them all paid into every incentive possible.
I see you, as you are saying goodbye to the old mare that started it all… wondering if you should keep going.
I see you, struggling on which mare to breed to which stallion to hopefully make someone’s super star!
I see you, smiling because it all went right this time!
I see you, smiling because someone called to tell you how much they love that foal you raised. And it is their heart horse!
Keeping going small breeder! Because without you, there are a lot of people missing out on that once in a life time horse.
www.tienquarterhorses.net
(Copied from Forked Horn Ranch)
Tuxon Fair Lady aka Eliza. 🥰
First foal of 2024 has arrived! Filly out of Fair Ivy, by Cloughbrack Rory. 🥰 2am delivery so going to be a long day today! 😴🥱
It’s that time of year again!!! Not much sleep for the next 4-6 weeks! 🥱😴🫣🥳
Seriously smart stallion with a fab temperament. Perfect for adding TB blood to eventing stock. 👌🐴
The yearlings (Tully, Donald & Arty), 2yr old (Loopy) & 3yr old (Tobi) are finally out in the summer field & very happy about it! ❤️🥰🥳
Arty & Tully still available. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 cracking yearlings
⭐️Arty - IDxTB. To make approx 16hh Sire Carrigfada Grey mist, out of a SHBGB mare that evented up to BE novice & has a previous progeny that has gone advanced eventing. Really smart type with an outstanding temperament, super movement & bags of quality. This little chap could be very special.
⭐️Perfect new owner found! 👌Donald - IDxTB by TB stallion Top Trip out of a green book ISH mare with crosstown dancer lines. To make 15-15.2hh. This small but compact little chap is very correct & a flashy mover also with a fantastic temperament. His dam has produced so many quality foals for us all proving talented & very easy & trainable under saddle.
⭐️Tully - to make approx 15.2hh connie x TB by Cloughbrack Rory out of a Bollin Eric mare. Really smart & bold little character. Will make a quality RC allrounder type & be someone’s best friend. She is the friendliest foal I’ve ever bred!
More up to date pics to follow soon.
All dams can be seen here.
All our mares are selected for temperament & soundness. All of these foals will be super amateurs allrounders with potential for more if needed! 👌
Cracking connie stallion standing in Somerset this season! 😍
5 babies in the barn, 5 feed bowls in the barn but these 3 all have to try & cram their heads into one bucket all at the same time! 🤦🏼♀️🥰
Yearling Tuxon Wild Lupin (Loopy) enjoying the nice dry field shelter in her winter accommodation. The summer field was getting too wet to stay out any longer this year! 🙄🌧️💧💦☔️
Available November.
Tuxon Masterpiece aka Arty.
ID x TB C**t. By Carrigfada Grey mist out of a TB mare by bandmaster. Dam evented successfully up BE novice/pc areas winning PC events on dressage scores of 18! Her previous foal she had before she was backed is now an advanced eventer with points at intermediate & advanced. She was a very smart junior/pc eventer herself. This foal is super flashy with a superb temperament. I’m sure he will go far! All foals can stay for the winter on youngstock livery if needed in big airy barn with other youngstock.
Available November.
Introducing Tuxon Talulah aka Tully! Grey filly to make 15.2 approx Connie x TB by Cloughbrack Rory out of a very sweet mare by Bollin Eric. Mare was super easy & willing ride. All foals can be wintered here on youngstock livery. She’s a very bold & inquisitive filly & is easy to handle for her age.
Super bunch of babies this year!! 😍 1 IDxTB C**t, 1 3/4 TB x 1/4 ID C**t & 1 Connie x TB filly.
Collected Vera from stud today! This little fella is looking cracking after a few weeks away! She’s back in foal to the same sire so a nice filly just like this would be ideal for next year please Vera! 🤞🏻🥰
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Bath
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Eliza having zoomies!! 💨 Theo having a bounce!! Lenny eating as usual!!! 😂
Theo having fun with the hay bag! 🤣
The yearlings (Tully, Donald & Arty), 2yr old (Loopy) & 3yr old (Tobi) are finally out in the summer field & very happy about it! ❤️🥰🥳
Tuxon Talulah 🥰 Available at weaning. Connie x TB filly to make approx 15.2.
