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 Texas Taco
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Location: Bandera, TX | I have a Clip too - love it.
Another thought - a few years ago a friend had a horse like that. He would rear up and look over the top of the trailer. He mellowed out completely after she put him on ulcer meds... | |
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| GoMistyGo - 2014-05-16 12:31 PM
I have a Clip too - love it.
Another thought - a few years ago a friend had a horse like that. He would rear up and look over the top of the trailer. He mellowed out completely after she put him on ulcer meds...
I don't think it is an ulcer issue. He is the most mellow, laid back boy there is. Just NOT at the trailer, when he wants to act crazy at times! lol | |
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| Thanks for all the suggestions  I am going to try some different things and see how it goes. Hopefully can hit on a solution for him. Just really helps me to know I am not the only one having dealt with this problem.  | |
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 Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | EasyGirl - 2014-05-16 2:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2014-05-16 12:31 PM I have a Clip too - love it.
Another thought - a few years ago a friend had a horse like that. He would rear up and look over the top of the trailer. He mellowed out completely after she put him on ulcer meds... I don't think it is an ulcer issue. He is the most mellow, laid back boy there is. Just NOT at the trailer, when he wants to act crazy at times! lol
I have seen calmest hoses, still performing, coat is shiney, still on full feed, ...ect... have grade 3 bleeding ulcers. All horses react different, could be that when he is tied to the trailer is is more stressful and raises his acid levels.. don't rule it out based on he is calm. | |
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  Keeper of the King Snake
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Location: Dubach, LA | I tried all the above suggestions without luck. I finally bought some cheap bungee cords and tie her to the bungees above her head. She can move around more and hasn't reared, lunged, or set back anymore. You have to chase her to saddle her sometimes, but it's worth it not to have anymore broken halters. | |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-05-16 2:23 PM
EasyGirl - 2014-05-16 2:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2014-05-16 12:31 PM I have a Clip too - love it.
Another thought - a few years ago a friend had a horse like that. He would rear up and look over the top of the trailer. He mellowed out completely after she put him on ulcer meds... I don't think it is an ulcer issue. He is the most mellow, laid back boy there is. Just NOT at the trailer, when he wants to act crazy at times! lol
Are there any physical symptoms for this? Is scoping the only way to find out? | |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I have a horse that will set back when tied to the trailer and I now use a Blocker Tie Ring on Level 2 and my guy hasn't pulled back yet. It's only been two days worth of firing him with it but just so long as he can have some room to move around and look around he acts much better! | |
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Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | Longneck - 2014-05-16 8:30 PM ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-05-16 2:23 PM EasyGirl - 2014-05-16 2:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2014-05-16 12:31 PM I have a Clip too - love it.
Another thought - a few years ago a friend had a horse like that. He would rear up and look over the top of the trailer. He mellowed out completely after she put him on ulcer meds... I don't think it is an ulcer issue. He is the most mellow, laid back boy there is. Just NOT at the trailer, when he wants to act crazy at times! lol Are there any physical symptoms for this? Is scoping the only way to find out?
Scoping is the only TRUE way to know for sure if you have them or not.. good indicators are attitude, temperment, work ethic, performance issues, poor coat, weight loss. Your horse can have all of these, some of these, or none of these and still have ulcers! You can always treat and just see if you get improvement, but treatment is not cheap, if they don't have them, then you just wated a crap ton of money. | |
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 Dancing in my Mind
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | I owned a horse that would suck back at the trailer, randomly and no warning. He did it at home once on slippery ground and went completly down. It was so scary, even tied with a quick release knot. Couple days later, I bought Clinton Anderson's tie ring and it was worth every penny. The horse only tried twice after that and never did it again. I had to leave the ring tied to the trailer though. My friend has the clips and I love them because you can use them anywhere.
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-05-19 11:28 AM Longneck - 2014-05-16 8:30 PM ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-05-16 2:23 PM EasyGirl - 2014-05-16 2:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2014-05-16 12:31 PM I have a Clip too - love it.
Another thought - a few years ago a friend had a horse like that. He would rear up and look over the top of the trailer. He mellowed out completely after she put him on ulcer meds... I don't think it is an ulcer issue. He is the most mellow, laid back boy there is. Just NOT at the trailer, when he wants to act crazy at times! lol Are there any physical symptoms for this? Is scoping the only way to find out?
Thanks! He doesn't have any of the other symptoms, but he does often have a clear nasal discharge and the other day after a 3 hour trip he had a few spots of blood coming out of his right nostril. Time to call the vet! | |
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| We rode him again this weekend. He gets this glazed look in his eye before he starts showing his a$$ and starts rearing up at the trailer. We tried just sticking the lead rope through the tie and letting it hang so that if he pulled back, there wasn't any resistance. Still did not help. He reared back and when there was no resistance, he backed up from the trailer. SIGH We really think something traumatic happened to him at the trailer. He is a perfect gentlemen otherwise. I guess everyone has to have their strange quirks, and this is his. Going to keep trying...have to hit upon a solution for him. | |
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