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| Ok so he's not hot or need training. He acts great, rides great and goes into alley great! But he gets anxious or nervous when we haul. He will be fine til we get somewhere and he paces and whinnies at everything. His stool will be a good consistency when we leave and after being gone an hour or 2, it's really, really loose. Any suggestions?
I've tried vitacalm and cool as ice and calming cookies but nothing seems to work. I don't know if those are even the right things to try for this though. |
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Location: Louisiana | I have a gelding that was acting just like yours - especially if I had to stall him overnight at a race. I recently spoke to my vet and put him on ulcer medication for about 10 days and I brought him to a show this weekend and WOW - totally different horse. I would like to also add that I gave him Oxygen Jailbreak before we left the house and two hours before he ran. I have also added to his diet alfalfa hay and aloe vera juice.
Keeping my fingers crossed that he continues to show signs of improvement.
I am hoping to get him on some type of maintenance dose for the ulcers if anybody has suggestions.
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| I like Animal Element's In the Zone - takes the edge off some but they are still ready to work |
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| I would also give Probiotics when you haul, may help with the loose manure |
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| I should have added that he's been scoped and no ulcers. I don't know what the jailbreak does but I've heard about it. He gets alfalfa as well. He just gets so worked up at the trailer or stall when we awe away from home. :( |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I have one like this, I keep him on B-1 crumbles. It works on him, but it took awhile for it too. I know on some horses it helps and some it dont. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bumping this back up.. |
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Location: Puky midwest | I gave mine magrestore, it helped tremendously. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | bris2125 - 2014-04-07 2:56 PM Ok so he's not hot or need training. He acts great, rides great and goes into alley great! But he gets anxious or nervous when we haul. He will be fine til we get somewhere and he paces and whinnies at everything. His stool will be a good consistency when we leave and after being gone an hour or 2, it's really, really loose. Any suggestions? I've tried vitacalm and cool as ice and calming cookies but nothing seems to work. I don't know if those are even the right things to try for this though.
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Location: South Dakota | bris2125 - 2014-04-07 2:56 PM Ok so he's not hot or need training. He acts great, rides great and goes into alley great! But he gets anxious or nervous when we haul. He will be fine til we get somewhere and he paces and whinnies at everything. His stool will be a good consistency when we leave and after being gone an hour or 2, it's really, really loose. Any suggestions? I've tried vitacalm and cool as ice and calming cookies but nothing seems to work. I don't know if those are even the right things to try for this though.
I was just going to post about this very same thing. I've got one that is the same way. He is awesome to ride, sort cows, whatever you want to do. But hauling and staying somewhere else really seem to bother him. His stools get really loose and he doesn't eat well. |
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| Just because they don't necessarily have ulcers doesn't mean the stomach medication won't help. Especially if their stool loosens. It means their stomach is producing more acid, which could in all actuality lead to ulcers.
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| bris2125 - 2014-04-08 11:34 AM I have AcuLife patches, how would they help this?
Place the patches behind the eye. This is the bladder point. Tan on Left and White on Rt. In Chinese medicine it is said that if this point is stimulated it will calm. I have used them on nervous horses and it does work. PM me if you have any questions. |
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Location: texas | ok, ya I have a similar situation except I have a mare, flaming jet bred. anyhoo, she can be a ball of nerves when its time to run, she is great any other time, stands tied, trailers well, stalls well, etc.
I do feed her Ulc-R-Aid w Colostrashield, she doesn't have ulcers but I added this last year to her feeding program to aid in digestion and absorption, it is the only "ulcer" suuplement that I have found with the "calming" ingredinets such as: L-Tryptophan 500mg, Thiamine 500mg, Calcium 20mg, Magnesium 2.5mg
BUTTTTTT, I need something to just keep her calm and listening to me at a race, bc the "run" takes over and u know the rest...
wondering if Quietex paste before a race would work, or that EQ Prep paste from Smartpak????
Any advice appreciated.....not sure how to add pics... thanks in advance
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| teamthompson - 2014-04-08 12:45 PM
ok, ya I have a similar situation except I have a mare, flaming jet bred. anyhoo, she can be a ball of nerves when its time to run, she is great any other time, stands tied, trailers well, stalls well, etc.
I do feed her Ulc-R-Aid w Colostrashield, she doesn't have ulcers but I added this last year to her feeding program to aid in digestion and absorption, it is the only "ulcer" suuplement that I have found with the "calming" ingredinets such as: L-Tryptophan 500mg, Thiamine 500mg, Calcium 20mg, Magnesium 2.5mg
BUTTTTTT, I need something to just keep her calm and listening to me at a race, bc the "run" takes over and u know the rest...
wondering if Quietex paste before a race would work, or that EQ Prep paste from Smartpak????
Any advice appreciated.....not sure how to add pics... thanks in advance
Try the Aculife Patches. Put them on when you are saddling. Takes about 10 minutes to work. Message me if you have any questions. |
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| I first want to add that horses that are nervous when confined are very common.
In my 15 years of training horses, as well as other animals, the best thing for a horse is herbal supplements and lots of love. Horses love to be loved and they are almost like a big dog. You have to become your horse’s “alpha” so that he/she sees you and your actions as the ones to go by.
I will recommend teala leaves and haul training. You have to dedicate some time in taking him/her in and out of your trailer even if you don’t take the horse anywhere. This will develop a confidence in that it is ok to be in or out. With you spending more time with your animal, he/she will begin to change their behavior towards that moment when you really need him/her to be hauled.
I will emphasize that it is super important that you or your trainer spend lots of time with a horse that is nervous. The more time spent, the less nervous your horse will become. Also, if you already have a horse that is not nervous, it would be wise to use him/her to help you train the nervous horse. But time spent is super important.
Think like a horse. If you were being told to bungee jump for the first time, it will take some time for you to become confident enough to just do it. So think, your horse sees differently than us, and we must take that into serious consideration when we have a nervous horse because they will be more easily startled than if they were not!
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| Just to make it clear when I said about the Teala leaves.. this does not mean to make tea.. it means to buy some teala plants and grow plenty of them.
Feed about a large bowl to your horse three times a day until your horse starts to calm down from its nervous moments.
When your horse starts to calm down, start reducing to two bowl and then one bowl as he/she gets use to the routine.
Trust me, the natural effects of teala has healed many horses, male or female, so try it. I always recommend everyone to use natural supplements for their animals so that there are no risks of chemical imbalances due to metabolic changes in your animal.
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