Do you want your horse to calm down with a piece of tack? This is something new to me! A face mask that brings the horse's nerves down.
I've heard of thunder blankets for dogs during fireworks, heavy blankets for people with autism, and I know swaddling helps babies. So it's only logical that we can calm horses with some sort of wrap.
Now you can buy a spandex (titanium) mask for riding for 120$ . Some are calling it the placebo mask. If you feel it's helping your horse calm down, you'll be calmer.
You can get them with or without padded ear coverings, to further block out stimuli.
Linda Tellington-Jones, who I've respected since 1987 with her TTouch work on my horse Baasha, has lately employed medical wraps around a horse's head and body to simulate physical awareness during groundwork. I put Mag through a wrap session and see no problem with it. Now I wonder if this mask thing was based on her body wrap work.
However I'm calling this the placebo mask cuz....I just can't call it anything else: )
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Lots of things out there for horses, hard to distinguish which ones ard gimmicks and which one works. There is no substitute for good horsemanship and common sense
Huh. Weird. I thought those were fly masks.
"Snake oil" according to the veterinarians I consulted.
"The only thing that might help with calming is the strap if it’s snug enough that goes behind the ears will press on a couple acupuncture points that are calming. But the whole thing about ions penetrating, etc. is a bunch of crap."
I'll leave my query in place for a few more days, but we all seem to be pretty much all on the same page!
Too funny, but someone will make $ from it!
Have you gone to Xmas markets this year? Would love to hear about that!
Connie, you're right!
Aarene, I walked through a Christmas market in Wuppertal but didn't go on purpose. I had some Gluehwein at the Red Cross Christmas party so I didn't feel the need. If we end up at a Christmas market I'll let you know! Today is 4th Advent, a big deal here.
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