Mine was diagnosed with PTSD after we had an accident that resulted in me getting hung up on a bareback pad, and a trip to the hospital . A few weeks later she spooked while tied in the same place and took the rail off the barn. hitting the back of head and another trip to the hospital. She dragged the pole for 20 minutes on a near death run for her. When she started to react everything fell apart. We did six months of ground work to get both of us past it. Thank goodness for Calming formulas ... she's been back to normal since. PTSD needs to be considered more often after traumas in horses.
I love these answer the questions videos! As an intermediate rider myself and interested in veterinary medicine, I love your channel and how you can answer the other equestrians questions!!! 😊
My 🐴 died & another 1 got so depressed. He would stand right when his her herd mate used to b when they ate 2gether. His personality has totally changed. The 1 who's depressed was a baby when we got the other 🐴. He's now 13.
I wish I had seen this prior to wondering why my horse was withdrawn only to learn later she had equine lymphoma. After I knew of her medical condition, the unusual behaviors made sense to me but I had never heard of horse depression. Thank you for a very informative video.
Ive had a horse thats been like that since i got her but she does love food n she gets excited sometimes. She does have the long low neck n stands around alot so i wounder about her. Is there any medical treatment? Ive been treated for depression before and medication changed my life. Sometimes thats the only thing that helps
I disagree. Depression is not what is being described here. What is being described is definitely some issue needing to be addressed but depression and stress and trauma are different things. In my opinion depression in horses come from boredom that is a result of confinement due the way humans keep them. And example of what I interpret as depression is a 2 year old colt in a 12 x 24 pen who has no social or physical interaction with other young horses and has sat in that that pen for months. When you can compare him to colts his age who get to be in a pasture and able to run and play and interact with other colts and then has productive comforting and stimulating interaction with human caretakers and I see little things that tell me I'm unhappy compared to the 2nd group...colts who got to be colts. It's in the horses expression. What the expression says to me is I'm boarded and frustrated which is why my pretty eyes look so sad. It's very subtle. Far less obvious than the symptoms described here. I've seen those. And they fit all the possibilities listed in the video. That behavior is definitely from trauma or pain and " checking out " is about a defense mechanism... it is showing humans leave me alone I do not want to be bothered because I remember you hurt me or I hurt when humans handle me now. I ve always gravitated to those horses so I know and understand them. Back in the day it was attributed to trauma from and old injury or trauma or with some often older school horses...they as said to just be sour. But a horses feelings over time manifest in its facial structure ,and expression just like a human's facial wrinkles tell the story of their emotional lives.
Considering that this video is referencing research done by actual scientists and veterinarians, it's more likely that you're the one who's using the term incorrectly. Also, you often can't tell if a person or animal is or has been depressed based on their facial structure. It's almost cliche for people to say that a person who killed themselves seemed fine, or, when told of a friend's diagnosis, that "you don't look depressed!" (Super annoying, BTW - don't ever say that.) Yes, animals in states of extreme distress (abuse/neglect) usually look pretty bad, but an otherwise healthy and cared-for horse might just look bored or tired.
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Mine was diagnosed with PTSD after we had an accident that resulted in me getting hung up on a bareback pad, and a trip to the hospital . A few weeks later she spooked while tied in the same place and took the rail off the barn. hitting the back of head and another trip to the hospital. She dragged the pole for 20 minutes on a near death run for her. When she started to react everything fell apart. We did six months of ground work to get both of us past it. Thank goodness for Calming formulas ... she's been back to normal since. PTSD needs to be considered more often after traumas in horses.
I love these answer the questions videos! As an intermediate rider myself and interested in veterinary medicine, I love your channel and how you can answer the other equestrians questions!!! 😊
My 🐴 died & another 1 got so depressed. He would stand right when his her herd mate used to b when they ate 2gether. His personality has totally changed. The 1 who's depressed was a baby when we got the other 🐴. He's now 13.
I wish I had seen this prior to wondering why my horse was withdrawn only to learn later she had equine lymphoma. After I knew of her medical condition, the unusual behaviors made sense to me but I had never heard of horse depression. Thank you for a very informative video.
This is amazing! My trainer has this poor horse that has ptsd but the longer he’s been with us the more he’s been coming out of his shell :)
I love this
Fascinating........ seen cribbing, weaving, ....
That was wonderful. Thank you.
Ive had a horse thats been like that since i got her but she does love food n she gets excited sometimes. She does have the long low neck n stands around alot so i wounder about her. Is there any medical treatment? Ive been treated for depression before and medication changed my life. Sometimes thats the only thing that helps
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I disagree. Depression is not what is being described here. What is being described is definitely some issue needing to be addressed but depression and stress and trauma are different things. In my opinion depression in horses come from boredom that is a result of confinement due the way humans keep them. And example of what I interpret as depression is a 2 year old colt in a 12 x 24 pen who has no social or physical interaction with other young horses and has sat in that that pen for months. When you can compare him to colts his age who get to be in a pasture and able to run and play and interact with other colts and then has productive comforting and stimulating interaction with human caretakers and I see little things that tell me I'm unhappy compared to the 2nd group...colts who got to be colts. It's in the horses expression. What the expression says to me is I'm boarded and frustrated which is why my pretty eyes look so sad. It's very subtle. Far less obvious than the symptoms described here. I've seen those. And they fit all the possibilities listed in the video. That behavior is definitely from trauma or pain and " checking out " is about a defense mechanism... it is showing humans leave me alone I do not want to be bothered because I remember you hurt me or I hurt when humans handle me now. I ve always gravitated to those horses so I know and understand them. Back in the day it was attributed to trauma from and old injury or trauma or with some often older school horses...they as said to just be sour. But a horses feelings over time manifest in its facial structure ,and expression just like a human's facial wrinkles tell the story of their emotional lives.
Considering that this video is referencing research done by actual scientists and veterinarians, it's more likely that you're the one who's using the term incorrectly.
Also, you often can't tell if a person or animal is or has been depressed based on their facial structure. It's almost cliche for people to say that a person who killed themselves seemed fine, or, when told of a friend's diagnosis, that "you don't look depressed!" (Super annoying, BTW - don't ever say that.) Yes, animals in states of extreme distress (abuse/neglect) usually look pretty bad, but an otherwise healthy and cared-for horse might just look bored or tired.