Draconia
Active Member
I used to ride a headshaker. She started off only on grass in the summer, nosenet helped and she stopped. Next year she did it spring and summer and both on sand and grass and it got worse, net still worked. Year after she did it spring and summer, both indoors and outdoors, the girl who rode her stopped riding her as competitions were a no go.
I had no intention of competition riding and started her slowly. Over the course of the year we changed intructeur a few times and found one who was all about classical approach and getting the horse straigt before anything else. We also changed to a treeless saddle even though the other one was fitted by the saddle fitter. That summer her headshaking almost completely disappeared. She still did it when not working to much on a loose rein, but she would be in contact without shaking about 95% of the time.
Her brother is a headshaker as well and was riding through with the same principles and improved a lot as well. He however shook his head more often and more vigorously and by the time I stopped riding the mare her brother was still improving. I guess these two were shaking due to pain rather than allergy and even though they started off shaking only in one season, it was not necessary an allergy.
I had no intention of competition riding and started her slowly. Over the course of the year we changed intructeur a few times and found one who was all about classical approach and getting the horse straigt before anything else. We also changed to a treeless saddle even though the other one was fitted by the saddle fitter. That summer her headshaking almost completely disappeared. She still did it when not working to much on a loose rein, but she would be in contact without shaking about 95% of the time.
Her brother is a headshaker as well and was riding through with the same principles and improved a lot as well. He however shook his head more often and more vigorously and by the time I stopped riding the mare her brother was still improving. I guess these two were shaking due to pain rather than allergy and even though they started off shaking only in one season, it was not necessary an allergy.