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| I have a 12 year old Quarter Horse gelding that is very high strung... so high strung that it has got to the point where I can't even ride him. Does anyone recommend calming supplements or do they hurt horses? Can you ride a horse that is on a calming supplement? Please let me know! |
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Location: Living in my Promised Land | Someone on here recommended Vita Calm by Animed Horse Care. Check for ulcers. They can make a horse crazy. |
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| The biggest thing I would look at first is what you're feeding him.. That can make a HUGE difference in how they act...  |
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| If you cannot ride the horse, I'd look into a trainer or a good horse sale before I bought supplements. To me a calming supplement is for the horse that gets a little too antsy with competition or in new setting. Not for an animal that is unrideable without it. |
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| Weve had him checked by a chiropractor and a vet and they both said that he is just a high strung horse and there is nothing wrong with him. I don't compete with him he's strictly trail. |
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Goat Giver
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| Your horse, your decision. If it were mine, I'd sent it to someone to put so many wet saddle blankets on it that it would either get a new outlook on life or die of exhaustion......
There is no excuse for a 12 year old to be unrideable. |
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| PS: I have been known to use calming cookies from Total Health Enhancement when I felt like they would benefit a nervous horse. |
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Location: Canada | Equine Chill works wonders |
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You mentioned it has gotten to this point..... was he calm and rideable when you purchased him? How long before he became unrideable?
Could be a simple fix, like your feeding program, lack of 24/7 hay or ulcers, or pain.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | THE Calming Powder and Cookies, but I would also want to know if maybe he is lacking something in his diet to make him so worked up or also pain. I have seen horses with nothing more than heel pain act nuts...one had a wolf tooth that was bugging him, ulcers, bad fitting saddle. Could be so many things. |
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| animal elements detox and for immediate results until the detox gets into system well (about 6 weeks) in the zone will help within 30 minutes |
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Location: North MS | Warwick Schiller groundwork- helps with horse anxiety. He has an entire series about a bolting warmblood. Starts it over with groundwork and later can ride it on a loose "rein" aka halter and leadrope in a matter of weeks. |
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2014-04-06 10:30 PM
THE Calming Powder and Cookies, but I would also want to know if maybe he is lacking something in his diet to make him so worked up or also pain. I have seen horses with nothing more than heel pain act nuts...one had a wolf tooth that was bugging him, ulcers, bad fitting saddle. Could be so many things.
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