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Hi Jody,

The photic headshaking I'm describing isn't a "time to time" thing.. my gelding
did it every time he was in the sun and it was exascerbated by
exercise/prolonged exposure to UV rays.

Julienne
& Isabella


--- Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Whoa....I must have missed something....are you guys saying that the sun
> sensitive horse was a chestnut???? and that maybe chestnut has something to
> do with it????  My horse is also a chestnut.  Come to think of it, Aries, a
> mare I have, she is a chestnut and she will toss her head from time to time. 
> Interesting...hmmmm.
>
> Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: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" 
> To: ; "Ridecamp" 
> 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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