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"He throws a fit when taken anywhere without his stablemate"
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Dear Keith...
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Hi,
I have a gelding, going on 4 yrs. He throws a fit when taken anywhere without his stablemate and is separated form other horses, even if it is just a few steps away in another pasture. I took him to a trainer a week ago and ended up bringing him back home as he crashed into the panels and we worried he would injure himself. He had worked himself up and was not eating or drinking or sleeping normally. The trainer felt that he would make himself sick, and that he was not trainable while he was reacting this way. I brought him home and he is his old self again. I had started ground work with him and was very pleased and confident he would be a great horse..... now I don't know what to do to help him get past being frantic when he is separated.
thanks,
Holli S |
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