Aimzy
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Just wondering does anyone have any experience with horses that suffer from shivers?
Shivers?
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Eaglestone
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I will be interested to hear the responses to this one ..... as my old chap had suspected Shivers, but the jury is still out on it
bennsboy
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Have an older horse who shivers, it doesnt seem to affect him with his work that much, but have tried various methods to reduce the "shake". Cod liver oil fed with Cortaflex worked well, but had to be fed together, then changed to Aviform as it was cheaper than Cortaflex.
Have now discovered Eqifeast Winning Edge Gold, its amazing stuff, a complete overall suppliment which appears to have reduced the shivering considerably.
Have now discovered Eqifeast Winning Edge Gold, its amazing stuff, a complete overall suppliment which appears to have reduced the shivering considerably.
Britestar
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We had a horse who shivered. Never caused much problem other than he was a pain to shoe, and he had to travel on the 'wrong' side of the trailer.
Friend has one that cannot be shod behind at all, and is limited in the amount of work she can do, especially jumping.
Know of someone else who horse was very bad but still mananged to compete up to Advanced Medium, although ultimately was the cause of him being PTS.
Hope that helps
Friend has one that cannot be shod behind at all, and is limited in the amount of work she can do, especially jumping.
Know of someone else who horse was very bad but still mananged to compete up to Advanced Medium, although ultimately was the cause of him being PTS.
Hope that helps
Lottie7
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You may want to check out the Rural Heritage website. Dr Beth Valentine and Dr Stephanie Valberg (both in America) have done much research into this. It is related to EPSM and can be considerably improved with diet adaption.
VRIN
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I have a 6year old who shivers. Currently we event at intro level. His shivers wasn't noticeable when ridden - he had an occasional 'odd' stride on his left hind when in free walk - until about a month ago. Now as his head goes down so his rear hind comes up - an exaggerated step but just on one leg.
There seems to be different thoughts on what causes it but no definitive answer. There was research going on in america to determine if the condition was hereditary - it was due for publication back end of last year but I haven't seen it as yet.. it seems it is becoming more evident in dutch warmblood (which mine is)
There seems to be different thoughts on what causes it but no definitive answer. There was research going on in america to determine if the condition was hereditary - it was due for publication back end of last year but I haven't seen it as yet.. it seems it is becoming more evident in dutch warmblood (which mine is)
Alex_kate
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my boy has shivers, doesnt affect rideen work at all and he is a fab showjumper. Only annoys the farrier a bit!
Aimzy
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Thanx for your replies! My boy has shivers but ive owned him for a year and a half and its not got any worse, it doesnt seem to bother him really. Ive got a very good understanding farrier who takes his time with him and understands his problem. He's a fantastic jumper and has awesome paces, so it really isnt a problem! But he's not a very good loader, and some people have said this could be to do with his shivers. But unless you talk horse it would be hard to ever tell i guess! x