Recently, a ten year old Arab mare of mine has
started shaking her head every time she is ridden. She is in a simple
jointed snaffle, and has no chewing problems (I'll get the vet out to look at
her teeth soon). It isn't the vertical movement described in EQUUS this
month, more of an ear shake that my other horses do when they are really
sweaty. She is doing this a quarter mile from the house when she's being
led with my son on her (all 36 pounds of him). When I scratch her ears,
she has the normal scaly stuff pastured horses have, but nothing excessive, and
she has no objection to my scratching her ears, she actually seems to enjoy
it. Our fly season hasn't really geared up yet. Any opinions, and/or
solutions? I'm considering switching to an english hackamore (my preferred
bit).
