Smak1 - 2018-04-20 12:14 PM

I tried to delete the post but new to BHW I found what I am looking for thanks everyone! I appreciate the help. But also feel like some of you should read before commenting....the post says I do not need horse training advice!!!! I needed something to help him chill out a little bit! In his line of work he does not need to be retrained there are times when you only have a few short minutes to catch something to saddle to get the job done and when I get off work I do not have time to spend I have had him over a year and he knows that I or my husband are not going to beat him he is just wired completely different than the other colts out of his momma. Our horses are not powder puffs and have to earn their keep or they go on down the road. All I wanted was some suggestions from people that feed supplements as too what worked best for what I was needing. We do not feed supplements for this type of stuff usually they get rode enough to not need help I just feel sorry for him and wanted to help him live in a less scary world! He still has a job to do and I promise if my husband had to mess with one as much as some suggestions than they would not be at our place very long! He does get a piece of cow cake every time he is caught and he is still that way! Thank you to everyone and I am not being a (not nice word) but I see it on every post I read people who do not read the entire post or choose to offer advice that the post says not to offer!

streakysox - 2018-04-20 1:42 PM You gave us a lot of in-site here.

Smak1 - 2018-04-20 11:30 AM I have a gelding that needs to chill out and relax. Yes he does have a job he is a ranch horse by that I do not mean he just trails cows he gets doctored off of, drags calves, sorts in the pens, drags stuff in the trailer, etc in rough rough country. He is going pretty good in the arena too. He just needs to chill out. He is fine when you are on him but on the ground he is scared to death. I DO NOT NEED TO HEAR HE NEEDS TO HAVE GROUND WORK DONE!!!!!!!!!! HE IS 6 AND WORKS HARDER THAN MOST HORSES EVER THINK ABOUT. He was treated ummmm less than stellar before I got him...sadly enough my dad raised him but the guy that rode him for a few years on the ranch was not very nice to him. He does way better with me than anyone. He always acts like he is going to get beat and for the last year he has never been touched. Prime Example- Going to catch him in the pasture when you walk up to him he shakes and is bug eyed with his whites showing after you put a halter on him he takes a deep breath and his eyes go normal. Same thing when you walk up to him to untie him he will not pull back but he starts shaking and eyes bug out. Load him in a ranch trailer loose and he spooks and panics at EVERYTHING. When you are on him a bomb could go off under him and he would stand there with a leg cocked. I feel awful for him and I know he probably is getting ulcers from it. Does anyone have any ideas on supplements to help him chill out! The CBD pellets were my first thought but holy smokes they are expensive! Cost Prohibitive is what I need.