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Needs some advice on a spooky horse

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Thistle2011
Reg. Mar 2012
Posted 2015-11-23 1:00 PM
Subject: RE: Needs some advice on a spooky horse



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my mare is also like this. BUT when she isn't spooking she is really focused and can get on the lazy side when she feel she has done her job. when I first purchased her she was saddle broke only and so spooky she was dangerous in a real way. I worked with her for 15 days in our outdoor arena trying to gain her some confidence.. she still was having trouble keeping her head straight.... so I hauled her up to a very challenging 20 mile trail in a state park (cliffs, canyons, water, you name it) after the first time she was 50% better and that is saying a lot..... I spent the whole coming summer after that taking her everywhere EXPOSURE and making her face her fears is the only thing that seems to work for her. Even arenas now she needs to be able to trot a few laps to make sure there isn't ghosts. Its part of her personality she will always be a spook/looky. I would love to let my kids ride her because she listen very close to them but I don't unless im right there because when she does spook she spooks HARD...she probably will never make a rodeo horse and unless she can see an arena first its pointless to enter.
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Southtxponygirl
Reg. Nov 2006
Posted 2015-11-23 1:23 PM
Subject: RE: Needs some advice on a spooky horse



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GLP - 2015-11-23 12:51 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-23 12:36 PM
GLP - 2015-11-23 12:08 PM I have a gelding that was like that. Turns out it was ulcers/leaky gut. I used the Cur-Ost Stomach and the Adapt and Calm. The Adapt is the only thing that has helped his mind slow down enough to realize that there are not monsters everywhere like he thought. He is back to his old self now. He is very looky, but if I let him look his good to go and actually want to investigate what made him stop and look. I tried lots of calming supplements and THE cookies worked some and really work well on my daughter's mare, but the Adapt was the answer for my gelding. The Adapt is very reasonably priced and you can go on secondvet.com and talk to Dr. Schell who is a vet and is the one who makes the Cur-Ost products. If you decide to go with THE Krystal (I always forget her name on BHW) is very helpful, too.
Its Krystal Peterson she has her add at the top of the page for T.H.E and yes she is very helpful, give her a call. 
Thanks, STPG! I just ordered from her and still I couldn't remember. She is the best to work with.

 
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