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 A very grounded girl
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Location: Moving soon..... | My gelding was a bucker. I was very blessed to have a husband who broke him and got him ready for me to haul him. When I did start hauling, I would lunge him for at least 20 minutes to make sure that he was not so fresh. He is now 15 and still as goosey as ever, but is the most honest horse I have ever owned. He takes care of me. |
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Sock Snob
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| could be pssm//ulcers//epm. all will cause bucking so wil kissing spine.. |
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Miracle in the Making
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| CAN I SAY STOCK CONTRACTOR HELLO !!! |
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| I think hes just going to stay turned out for now. I would not feel right sending him off and having someone else dealing with him, I am sure he'd end right at the auction. |
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | At least test for PSSM1... a diet change and regular exercise helps these horses... it's $40 through AG |
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| Already have tested him for pssm |
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | Buckles - 2016-05-22 12:15 PM Already have tested him for pssm
Hair or muscle biopsy?
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Sock Snob
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| epm thru dr. ellerson does not cost that much. go to your dog ver get the tubes pull the blood |
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Veteran
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Location: tinsel town | Did you test for PSSM1 or PSSM2? Need to test for both to be sure. At least change the diet to very low NSC and see if you see a difference. That's how it worked for me, pure accident, he was at a friend's house where he was turned out on a dirt lot and worked every day, then I happened to read an article on PSSM and the light bulb came on. So fine tuned his diet and now he's so quiet, it's almost scarey. LOL |
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| He was tested for PSSM1 only
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| What is involved with the muscle biopsy for the pssm2 test? Is it an expensive test?
Also, what would be considered a diet low in NSC? He currently gets 1 cup of legends low carb pleasure feed, and 1/2 cup of rice bran twice a day, grass hay, and is turned out 24/7 in a pasture thats pretty much overgrazed at the moment.
Edited by Buckles 2016-05-26 7:29 AM
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Buckles - 2016-05-26 6:46 AM What is involved with the muscle biopsy for the pssm2 test? Is it an expensive test? Also, what would be considered a diet low in NSC? He currently gets 1 cup of legends low carb pleasure feed, and 1/2 cup of rice bran twice a day, grass hay, and is turned out 24/7 in a pasture thats pretty much overgrazed at the moment.
Check out Bluebonnets Tntensify Total Advantage feed its 4% sugar and 7% starch NSC% 11 and its good for the PSSM horses if need it. I switched to this feed this week for my baby lol,{Gelding} that grass founder, I just found out thinking he had a abscess, so to a low starch feed. |
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Location: southeast Texas | There will shorty be a hair/blood test for PSSM2, until that time try a high protien high fat diet. I'd still stay away from sugar/starches |
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 To the Left
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Location: Florida | Being old, I have a very different solution, but it requires some pretty good riding. Buck him out. Use an over and under. Hold the reins in one had and hit him with the other. When he calms down, irritate him again and tan his butt again. Might take only one lesson, never more than 3 and you will have a gentleman. Verbal reinforcement helps too, yell at him and tell him exactly what you are going to do if he continues to mess up.
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