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PPearlsasinger reacted to Exasperated's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with
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Very sensible. Re OP’s situation, if the two weanlings can go in together when the gelded one returns, that would probably keep things... -
PPearlsasinger reacted to Hallo2012's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
too much too soon and expecting WAY too much IMO as everyone else has pointed out she has effectively lost her foal (she doesn't know...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to Titchy Pony's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
I'm sorry you're feeling a bit disheartened by your mare's current behaviour, but I think you need to take a step back and see things a...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to Exasperated's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
Do you mean taking the two mares, and leaving the Highland foal behind on its own (Icelandic colt being at the vets)? Having bred and...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to alibali's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
Great advice above about not going to the clinic and care of foal once he's left the vets so I won't repeat it. Just to say I...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to Gloi's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
I've always made sure my foal was well away and out of earshot of the mare for a couple of months when weaned. It takes them both some...
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PPearlsasinger replied to the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help?.I really wouldn't! You don't want to ruin her for future outings. It doesn't matter how much you have spent prior to the outing, if you...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to TheMule's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
She most likely has quite a painful udder from having just been weaned, not helped by the fact the spring grass promotes further...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to Dave's Mam's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
She's had a huge upheaval.
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PPearlsasinger reacted to Nasicus's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
Have you taken out in the box to any quiet local stuff before? You may just be expecting a bit too much a bit too soon to suddenly go an...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to LadyGascoyne's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
That will be a couple of months though won't it, so she's likely to be unsettled for a bit.
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PPearlsasinger reacted to Gloi's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
Has her udder dried up properly from weaning him? Make sure she has no mastitis which would be upsetting her.
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PPearlsasinger reacted to maya2008's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
I too think your issue is the separation from the foal if she wasn’t mentally ready. So causing more generalised separation anxiety as...
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PPearlsasinger reacted to LadyGascoyne's post in the thread Why can’t I just do stuff with my horse? Is there a good calmer to help? with Like.
Have you just weaned her foal two weeks ago? That's a huge change for her, and in combination with spring grass, changing fields etc. I...
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PPearlsasinger replied to the thread What could cause an otherwise bombproof horse to become wildly spooky and upset?.I hope you get to the bottom of it soon. I would suspect feed, ulcers, trauma (physical/emotional) in that order. The loaner may not...