Ruger, three years old, rakes his teeth across metal, picks up things, sucks on other horse's ears, has virtually no brain....He'll touch the electric fence, panic, snort for about five minutes, then go back and touch it again, panic, snort for about five minutes, then go back and tuch it AGAIN. Because third time's the charm, right?
Today he stuck both front feet in his grain bucket and tore off a piece of the rim, proceeded to get stuck in that bucket, and just kinda fell over like "Uh, Mom, help?"
He did the same thing with hobble training. Just kinda flopped over and laid there, eating hay sideways...
And after a hose off or bath, he will drop and roll ANYWHERE. Even in the crossties he tries. If you try and lunge him to keep his feet moving so he won't roll, he makes a big LEAP into the air and nosedives into the dirt and rolls.
He's the kid on the short bus licking windows and wearing a helmet.