you are getting very sleepy....(tranqs for shoeing)

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From: kristi 
Email: iluvdez@yahoo.com

My horse also has to be tranquilized to get hind shoes on him. Anyone have any  experience with my particular problem?: It's ONLY when the farrier is pounding in the nail causing the shoe and hoof to connect that he goes ballistic (and only on the hinds - he dozes while his fronts are being done). We can hold the shoe against his rear hoof and pound on it with a hammer and he doesn't blink an eye, but as soon as a nail causes contact between shoe and hoof, yee hah! My farrier thought maybe it was the vibration causing the problem, so he tried tapping the nail gently and holding the foot very firmly - no difference. My farrier is very skilled and well-trained, and he just scratches his head on this one. He says my horse is neurotically intelligent and thinks too much.(We've worked with him long enough now that any trauma he experienced before I got him should have been "covered" by good experiences). I'm thankful that he does work with my horse (he doesn't sedate him until my horse "can't control himself any longer"). Any suggestions? Are there some horses who just won't get over certain "phobias"? I've gotten my horse over MANY other behavior problems that he had when I got him, but this is our final (and largest) hurdle.           
Kristi