Hi Kim, >You know what I think it going on? Probably not, but >here goes anyway. I think the horse is having a >sensitivity problem with his mouth, I believe I can >see in most of the incidents where the horse lays down >that the guy is putting pressure on the reins.
I think looking at this horse’s mouth is a really good suggestion. I have seen a number of horses with really serious dental problems that had strange behavior. I was at a gaited show years ago and a person with a very nice Peruvian stallions was upset because he started backing up and wouldn’t go forward to go into the ring. They tried many things to get him in but he was just getting worse. They asked me to look at him because they thought his back was sore. Reasonable thought considering the problem. So I checked him over and yes he had some back soreness but the real reason for the behavior was in his mouth. I was doing TTouch around and in his mouth because of the emotional component of the mouth area and what should I find but a very large and painful abscess on the bottom of his jaw. It was right where the curb chain on the Peruvian bits would hit every time the reins were even touched, so no wonder he wouldn’t go forward. Anyway once that was dealt with the horse was totally fine. There is always some reason for consistently “bad’ behaviour that IME goes way beyond attitude. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 1/16/2007 8:25 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.13/632 - Release Date: 1/16/2007 4:36 PM
