What Condition Does Your Horse Have?

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Mine has ADHD- as characterized by his inability to tie up, stand while I talk to someone, stand for mounting, or concentrate on anything for more than 3 seconds if it doesn't involve food :D I could give him some of hubby's Ritalin? (obviously jk)
 
Mine has an eating disorder. He cannot stop eating and has to have his diet strictly controlled or he will be obese and need a stomach band followed by a tummy tuck.

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My elderly gelding has severe learning difficulties - he was once described by my instructor at the time as having special needs. Although I think he has alzheimers now....I feed him, take the bucket and put it away, and then 5 minutes later he is shouting for his feed because he's forgotten he's already had it!
 
Hmmm adhd could be the diagnosis for my mare......... mmmm hay....... what's happening outside.......mmmm hay.......... what's that noise....... mmmm hay........ who's that outside etc etc
 
Biploar, coupled with anger management issues. Sometimes he wants to stay in bed all day, and when I push him over so he's flat out he just stays there, and he has to be dragged from his stable. But then he goes cross country, or on a hack and realises how EXCITING life is, with the twigs on the ground and the pheasants and the jumps, and he just wants to run and run and run and we can run all the way to the moon... but then I ask him do some dressage and he wants to go back to bed because he sucks at dressage, and life sucks :mad:

Occasionally I ask him to be a little more consistent and control himself, and he reacts with an anger that is disproportionate to what I just said, e.g. stop shuffling and trot on please... DO YOU WANT TO BE BUCKED OFF?!
 
Agoraphobia?! :D (Makes me think of Father Ted... when father Jack's living in the chest and Ted says "maybe he's agoraphobic", Dougal replies, "Jack, afraid of fighting? I don't think so Ted!")
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one of mine has ocd, as she has to make sure the bucket is proper clean after feeding and it cant go without being washed properly at least 15 times by her tounge
Another is hyperactive, even has to hop from one front hoof to the other when eating and stand still dont know the meaning of the word.
Another is a nyphomanic she will not stop backing into the stallion no matter that she is already in foal.
I think i best stop there before you all think i am running an asylum, well to be honest it feel like it most days
ooops nearly forgot the prozac pony, which we do actually call her as even though she is full of life she just has this face that looks depressed, and like she needs a long heavy dose of prozac
 
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