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Re: [RC] head shaking - Don HustonI bought a horse for my wife and every time she rode him more than 20-30 mins he started bobbing his head up and down and stretching his nose forward pulling the reigns. I thought he wanted a looser reign but it didn't matter. With totally loose reigns he would bob and twist his head throwing and crossing the reigns to the wrong side, what a booger. I tried different tack, floated teeth, etc. Finally it occurred to me that it might be pain related, duuhhh. I have been massaging my horses backs for years and this guy's back was just fine so I started on his neck. Bingo, in the center of the neck on each side is a hard spot about the size of a golf ball. You can press this spot quite hard with your thumbs and a non-sore horse does very little. Little booger dropped his head down and yanked it up way high, guess I found the problem. I have an electric massager and used it and my hands all over his neck every couple days for a month and the head problem disappeared never to return in going on 4 years now.Don Huston At 12:25 PM 4/21/2006 Friday, you wrote: Have you checked her teeth? If she's only doing it under saddle, it could be her teeth bothering her in response to the bit.
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