My horse refuses to be tied to anything anymore and will not stand still if untied. It's really getting hard for me to handle. He also refuses to be in his stall for any period of time. He was never like this before. How has he learned all these bad habits and what can I do?

Go back to if you were training a young horse to stand. Hopefully you just need to jog his memory and remind him of what he's supposed to do. Focus on just having him learn to stand without being tied and then work up to tying him and making him stand tied. I wouldn't walk away and you might have to always tell him to stand for a while. I also wouldn't tie him unless he could first stand quietly.

Like I said hopefully it won't take long, just some refresher courses. He is probably just challenging you. Just give him some patience and remind him of what you are asking him to do.

Good Luck, Keep us up to date.

Every Time he gets axiuos or ancy (sp??) Make him back up three steps. It has gotten this way by someone (maybe not even you) Letting the horse walk all over them.

I agree with Crystalized. Maybe you would like to buy a "BLOCKER" from a local feed store ! It helped my mare!

Is this the same horse who is losing hair and weight? Maybe his behavior is somehow related to that. Could something have happened to scare him (like spooking, pulling back and jerking his head in the tie, for instance, or spazzing in his stall and hitting a wall or bucket or something like that)?
-Steph

Yes, he's the same horse(losing weight). He has done a total 180 change in behavior in the last month. My barn manager never told me if anything was ever wrong or tramatic happened with him. I am at a loss. I haven't been riding him due to his skin but the vet gave me the okay. Maybe if I work him more he'll get over it?

Sorry, cowgirl what is a BLOCKER?

How long have you had him? If you've had him for even more than 4-5 months and he's just suddenly changing behavior this month, as well as suddenly losing weight, then he should definitely be checked over. Something other than a training problem must be wrong.

Has anything else changed? Diet, environment, training schedule, etc.?

I would agree with Flyingspots. This could me more than just a training problem if the horse also has medical issues.

I have one that gets very pi$$y if he is in pain and he know's better . It's his way of telling me there's a problem. Sometimes you have to look at more than just training "issues", especially if he has skin and weight problems.

That said, you can't let it escalate. A firm no and backing up a couple of steps may get the message across.

If he's been off for an extened period of time he could just be full of beans and once you start to work him his demenour may improve.