Kenzo
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For anyone who is interested or has similar issues or followed my previous posts.
I took lado off the Global Herbs Rig Calm (which is very good) and his usual calmer to conduct a bit of an experiment. Basically to see if there was any differences to his behaviour during the winter time.
For those that don't know, he's usually at his worst through summer but obviously in the past he's been kept in a geldings only field, again both with and without being on the rig calm.
Bit of background info again for those that don't know, Autum last year and through this winter I tried him in a field of his own with just a mare (the TB I took in April) and the fact that nobody wanted their horses in the same field as him *coughs* which is totally understandable.
Anyway to cut an even longer story short for those of you that dont know his history and read my previous posts, being on the Rig Calm (kept him on loading dose all the time however) he's been much better, far from perfect but certainly an improvement, hurray to Global Herbs.
So what has he been like been like whilst being kept with a mare? (some of you may think this wouldnt of been a wise move for obvious reasons) but part of me thought it could work and being open minded I wanted to give it a go to see how it affected him (good or bad) and from my observations I have noticed the following:-
He seems more of a settled character, perhaps a little more content in life, compared to when he was kept with just geldings only last summer and winter, despite being on the rig calm was still aggressive but a tad better than when he was kept with a mixed heard in previous years.
Less sexual excitement, despite the mare coming into season this winter (while he was on the rig calm) I was very pleased with his behaviour, especially with a mare that was practically begging for it, if you pardon the expression, in fact she was worse than him.
Kept his weight on, eating up on a night.
Not running up and down the fence line chasing the other mares in the next field.
So since hes been off it, well the rig calm Ive found takes a while to wear off, hes been off it for a month now and it is now you can notice the old Mackenzie coming back to his usual self.
Hell usually mark his territory in the same place every morning when you turn him out but now his territory really is his, hes sniffing his own droppings (like many horses do) but now hes acting quite frenzied with it, puffing like mad, grunting, pawing and getting excited by his own droppings (this is before I turn the mare out) hes like ticking bomb waiting to go off, it did actually un-nerve me some what this morning as I hung around at his shoulder and gave him a stroke etc but I could tell Id outstayed my welcome and moved away and left him be.
Id like to keep him off it for a bit longer to see how much more he changes now he is in with a mare that he has to himself but weather permitting hell be out and about next month and will need him back on it so I can compete him.
Long and possibly quite boreing but could be of some interest to some of you.
I took lado off the Global Herbs Rig Calm (which is very good) and his usual calmer to conduct a bit of an experiment. Basically to see if there was any differences to his behaviour during the winter time.
For those that don't know, he's usually at his worst through summer but obviously in the past he's been kept in a geldings only field, again both with and without being on the rig calm.
Bit of background info again for those that don't know, Autum last year and through this winter I tried him in a field of his own with just a mare (the TB I took in April) and the fact that nobody wanted their horses in the same field as him *coughs* which is totally understandable.
Anyway to cut an even longer story short for those of you that dont know his history and read my previous posts, being on the Rig Calm (kept him on loading dose all the time however) he's been much better, far from perfect but certainly an improvement, hurray to Global Herbs.
So what has he been like been like whilst being kept with a mare? (some of you may think this wouldnt of been a wise move for obvious reasons) but part of me thought it could work and being open minded I wanted to give it a go to see how it affected him (good or bad) and from my observations I have noticed the following:-
He seems more of a settled character, perhaps a little more content in life, compared to when he was kept with just geldings only last summer and winter, despite being on the rig calm was still aggressive but a tad better than when he was kept with a mixed heard in previous years.
Less sexual excitement, despite the mare coming into season this winter (while he was on the rig calm) I was very pleased with his behaviour, especially with a mare that was practically begging for it, if you pardon the expression, in fact she was worse than him.
Kept his weight on, eating up on a night.
Not running up and down the fence line chasing the other mares in the next field.
So since hes been off it, well the rig calm Ive found takes a while to wear off, hes been off it for a month now and it is now you can notice the old Mackenzie coming back to his usual self.
Hell usually mark his territory in the same place every morning when you turn him out but now his territory really is his, hes sniffing his own droppings (like many horses do) but now hes acting quite frenzied with it, puffing like mad, grunting, pawing and getting excited by his own droppings (this is before I turn the mare out) hes like ticking bomb waiting to go off, it did actually un-nerve me some what this morning as I hung around at his shoulder and gave him a stroke etc but I could tell Id outstayed my welcome and moved away and left him be.
Id like to keep him off it for a bit longer to see how much more he changes now he is in with a mare that he has to himself but weather permitting hell be out and about next month and will need him back on it so I can compete him.
Long and possibly quite boreing but could be of some interest to some of you.
