Often the behavior comes from pain or anticipated pain. I had great
success in helping our cinchy horse with a therapist, not sure exactly what technique
she uses, seems to be more acupressure than massage. It also stopped his antics while in the
trailer. I guess he was anticipating pain as soon as he got in the trailer and
would refuse to get in, get in & fly back out, run away, once in he’d
bite the trailer and piaff for a long time. It was
embarrassing to drive with him in the trailer. He was this way when we got him,
immediately after body work he quit parking out & pawing, the piaffing, then slowly all the other antics stopped as well.
You can probably learn to do most of the work yourself, after the initial
visit by someone who does body work. This particular person that I use
generally sees so much improvement immediately, that follow-up visits are on an
as needed basis.
Kathy
I have a friend who recentlt purchased a 9
year old mare from an auction, the previous owner told
him she was "cinchy." When ever he ties her up she starts to
"park out" and act as though she has a bad stomach ache-shaking and pawing. If she is held by another person there is
less of that act. What can you do for a "cinchy" horse? Is there a
girth to use thatsbetter ?
Where does this behavior come from? Another issue is wood
ticks-my horse is pasture boarded and she comes in with ticks in her mane, they sometime leave sores and "crud" behind. Is
there a shampoo or tick repellent I could use?
