Uncontrollable horse tantrums (please help)

[Ridgetop]

I agree Latestarter. It couldn't have been any fun to ride - never being able to relax and enjoy, alays on the watch for the tantrums! When she posted that others at her barn had told her to "laugh it off" I was shocked. It sounded like she had it in a show barn situation. Show people can be a little strange in keeping horses that I wouldn't have on my property but even if it were the world's best show horse it would be worthless to show because you couldn't be sure it wouldn't go crazy in the ring. Hope she got rid of it.

 

[Benjii]

Hey every one, i just wanted to say thankyou so much for your support and ideas.
I'm so happy to say that i still have Ben and we are going amazingly.
Shortly after my last post i started having severe panics attacks while riding Ben and had to stop riding for a few months. In that time i changed:
- instructors, to a lady who understands anxiety in riders and horses. She helped me alot with breathing exercises and focusing on balancing him and supporting him through constant leg connection.
-sought medical help for my anxiety.
-changed ben's feed to a more hay based and less pallet.
-and changed his paddock, just moving him into a low quality grass paddock has made such a difference on his temperament. Before we used to have to muzzle him and basically keep him in a 1/4 of his paddock because he would just gain weight over night. Now he is able to graze constantly and get 3 largish meals a day.

Ben is still throwing little tandtrums as i try to balance him, but nothing in comparison to before, he is so much happier and calls out to me from his paddock as soon as he sees my car pull up. We even went for a canter around the tracks with another rider the other day and he didnt put a foot out of line!

 

[Bunnylady]

Now, that's the kind of update I like to see!

 

[Latestarter]

Fantastic! So glad to hear something positive! So many times folks come on here and we try to help as best we can and never get to find out the ending to the story... good or bad. So happy that you are getting things worked out the way they are supposed to work! Please keep us updated!

 

[Benjii]

Worth keeping

 

[mikiz]

So glad to hear he's doing better! Doesn't he look superb!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

So happy that all is going well!!!!

Thanks for the update!

 

[Tapsmom]

I'm glad he is doing better. The other thing I was going to suggest was to check him for Lyme Disease. We have had quite a few horses with it in CT and frequent extreme behavior changes is a symptom. Luckily, if that is the case it IS treatable.