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Discussion on Strange case of "alone" anxiety
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dvjl
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Posted on Monday, Jun 18, 2007 - 12:22 pm:
My gelding is a pretty easy going guy, but he gets totally paranoid when he is alone in his stall with no other horse in sight. He is fine when taken out alone, worked alone, trailered alone, in the paddock alone (as long as there are horses in the neighbour paddock), but he starts hopping, pacing, thrashing around in his stall when I put him in. He will work himself into a total lather of sweat and won't settle down, even if I give him feed for distraction.
I just moved to a new facility recently and hoped that with the nice 14x14 stalls there he would be better, but no. Only when the horse across the aisle returns will he settles down.
This horse has been with me for about 1.5 years and he got very attached to a certain horse, so I figured it's like buddy separation anxiety, but now in the new facility he is out with a different horse and it's the same issue.
I have really no idea how to work on this. Since he has a history of ulcers I certainly don't just want to let him work it out. Unfortunately that barn doesn't have too many horses in right now and he doesn't have a next door neighbour that could suffice when the one across is gone.
Any ideas on what to do would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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muffi
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Posted on Monday, Jun 18, 2007 - 2:09 pm:
How about a metal mirror in the stall - so he always has a buddy - Metal Mirror so he can't break it and hurt him self.
I heard some one else on HA use it before with success
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