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How very interesting!  We've had or known three chestnut Arabs that were 
head wringers.  As I recall, the two we owned eventually got over it, and 
the third one is one we bred; she no longer does this due to the very 
careful and effective training she has received from her new owner. My 
current horse is a chestnut, and fortunately he's never wrung his head.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julienne" <jsrha@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 10:01 AM
Subject: [RC] Headtossing


> Have you ruled out photic sensitivity?  My first gelding was a 
> headtosser - had
> chiro done, xrays taken, ridden in a light hackamore.. and he still shook 
> his
> head and we couldn't find the source of the problem.  Finally we were able 
> to
> deduce that the headshaking was much worse on very sunny days.  I rode him 
> with
> a fly masks which blocked a lot of the UV rays and that helped quite a 
> bit.
>
> More info on headshaking:
>
> http://www.jadwin.net/horse/head-right.htm
>
> Here's the face mask (kinda funny looking, but helped):
>
> http://www.horsemask.com/Main.html
>
> Is he a chestnut?  Photic headshaking seems to be color coat related 
> according
> to some of the articles I've read.. chestnuts seem to have a propensity 
> towards
> the affliction.
>
> Julienne
> & Isabella
>
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