charlie76
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My horse has started behaving in a very strange way, can anyone offer any advice..
Brief outline- I have an equilibriam massage pad that broke and I replaced the battery. He had not worn the pad for a while but once fixed I used it on him, when I put it on he went beserk, he has never behaved like this with it before, he humped his back and bronced round the stable. He then settled and was fine with it but ever since he has been difficult to handle. He is scared of being girthed up,he cringes and his muscles tense behing his elbows, he jumps every time I touch him, he gets worried when I put the saddle on and jumps and cringes when I take the rugs on and off. If I touch him on his girth area, back or quaters he is worried and clamps his tail down.
This morning I lunged him, it was raining so I put the sheet and roller on which scared him and he cringed about the roller.
The strange thing is that when I ride him he feels better than ever. He is fine to get on, he is fine on the lunge,stretching and forward. He is not bucking or rearing or swishing at all.He is also fine to get on although if he has the exercise sheet on and the fillet string touches his he will clamp his tail down which he never used to.
I am at a loss.
Would you think it would be a good idea to give him a couple of weeks off of riding and just lunge with the draw reins over his back and between his legs without a roller/girth to get him to stretch and get the vet if no better or would you get the vet straight away?
Half of me thinks he hurts and the other half thinks it was caused by the massage pad.
He has been like it on and off since I used the pad 3 or 4 weeks ago. Some days he is worse than others.
I am concerned he has kissing spine or worse but he was fine until I put the pad on and I would think he would be naughty to ride but he isn't.
Brief outline- I have an equilibriam massage pad that broke and I replaced the battery. He had not worn the pad for a while but once fixed I used it on him, when I put it on he went beserk, he has never behaved like this with it before, he humped his back and bronced round the stable. He then settled and was fine with it but ever since he has been difficult to handle. He is scared of being girthed up,he cringes and his muscles tense behing his elbows, he jumps every time I touch him, he gets worried when I put the saddle on and jumps and cringes when I take the rugs on and off. If I touch him on his girth area, back or quaters he is worried and clamps his tail down.
This morning I lunged him, it was raining so I put the sheet and roller on which scared him and he cringed about the roller.
The strange thing is that when I ride him he feels better than ever. He is fine to get on, he is fine on the lunge,stretching and forward. He is not bucking or rearing or swishing at all.He is also fine to get on although if he has the exercise sheet on and the fillet string touches his he will clamp his tail down which he never used to.
I am at a loss.
Would you think it would be a good idea to give him a couple of weeks off of riding and just lunge with the draw reins over his back and between his legs without a roller/girth to get him to stretch and get the vet if no better or would you get the vet straight away?
Half of me thinks he hurts and the other half thinks it was caused by the massage pad.
He has been like it on and off since I used the pad 3 or 4 weeks ago. Some days he is worse than others.
I am concerned he has kissing spine or worse but he was fine until I put the pad on and I would think he would be naughty to ride but he isn't.
