he shook his head, all the straps slapped him round the face so he shot back, shook his head &amp; ran off. Bridle on floor, pony trotting round shelter. He worked out I was unable to hold him with headcollar round his neck. Every time I approached him in a corner he turned his bum to me. If I moved to one side, he moved his bum so it was nearest thinmg to me. I think he would have kicked if I had put him under pressure. Eventually got tack off (I couldnt get headcollar on him now at all) so went home for tea &amp; chocolate &amp; cry. Left him in shelter. 2 hours later just pretended nothing had happened &amp; put headcollar on normally, but think I can only put bridle on by assembling it over headcollar as I dont trust him not to run away when I take headcollar off. Sorry this is long. Any tips? ChristmasSparkles 06-03-10, 11:35 AM Random question but he doesn't have any under lying issues causing this behaviour does he? My old boy would act identical to this if you touched his ears, or made a movement where he thought you'd be touching his ears...due to the fact he had 'cauliflower' ears [or plaques for their correct name lol...the white 'warts' in side their ears]. His ears,though not painful to touch now, got very bad when he was younger so tacking up and putting head collars on were extremely painful and this