November 11, 2021

Why Does My Horse Always Spook At The Same Thing ?

10 minutes

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Why do horses repeatedly spook at the same things? I have a couple of diagnostic head videos on my YouTube channel about what's really going on with the horse's head.

Also, check out my craniosacral page on my website. If you go up to your horse's head and lift the chin a little bit, (like you're going to kiss him on the nose) and look at their eyes, you'll see one's pointing off one direction and one's pointing off way out to the side.

The eyes should be symmetrical and when they are not, that affects the horse’s depth perception. I've heard from a lot of riders that they have an older horse. Right about the time when the horse’s brain is really good, the horse will start spooking at something they go by every day. I ask if they notice if it's always on the left side or the right side? Because, if it's only one side, it means the vision on that side is impaired.

The near eye couldn't focus on the object so the horse didn't see it. The horse will turn his head and all of a sudden it comes into view in the other eye, and it’s like a predator suddenly appearing! Of course, they’re going to jump!

I've also noticed that some horses that had high loads of parasites in the past have vision issues. I had a mare that if she was in front of the other horses on the trail, she'd see something up to the left about 30 yards off and she'd shoot backward and there was nothing I could do to stop her.

Previously, when the parasite load was so high in her body, they were in her eyes. The wormer killed the worms but left their remains in the eyes, creating floaters that affected her vision. After a month of sterile MSM eye drops, it cleared her vision and I could ride her in front again without the spooking.

Cranial displacement also affects their vision. After we manually move those cranial bones people notice that their horse will ride on a loose rein, with their head down, barely even looking at anything anymore because they can focus on things in their environment.
Besides vision issues, addressing cranial issues helps many other things.

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