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Uploaded by on Aug 5, 2008

Every time I brush my 4 year old appaloosa mare, she is so relaxed that she falls asleep by the time I'm ready to tack up. Here's what happened today...

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  • She hasn't done it since she started staying in at night. That's a great thought, but it would happen at any silly time while we'd be grooming, not just with the saddle tightened.

  • No dear, it's not. :)

  • Oh I know! She hasn't done it since we started keeping her in at night. Baby likes her comfy bed to sleep in ;)

  • She's not narcoleptic- at the time she was out 24/7 and wasn't getting her REM cycle, I think. This happened about 3 times in the course of about 2 months and once I had her coming in at night, it never happened again. Not narco, but thanks for your concerns :)

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  • @hunterjumper225

    Ummm its not funny its a serious disease...

  • This is totally narcolepsy...it's sad

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  • My horse has been diagnosed with narcolepsy. Trust me, you don't want your horse to have it. It's a serious condition, and not something to be taken lightly. My horse falls asleep when I am tacking her up, so I have to walk her around anywhere from 3-18 times everyday that I ride her, so that she doesn't fall over. And yes my horse really has fallen over before, in fact three times in one day. I know that they're testing treatments for it in California, but there's no cure yet, right?

  • HAHA! It's hilarious! :D

  • Narcolepsy is extremely rare in horses. Sleep deprivation that causes these types of episodes is fairly common. Google sleep deprivation in horses or Dr. Joe Bertone DVM for info.

  • She was a sleepy little thing Dx

  • awwww!  :)

  • Does she do that when she is not tacked up? Main arteries that run from belly to chest to head get 'cut off" when girth is tightened up. Just a thought. Some horses are really sensitive to that.

  • I use to have an older Morgan QH cross that once you tightened the girth he would start to drop like that. it was a nerve that's underneath the girth that can be very sensitive. its more common in QH's. If i walked him 2 steps forward he would be fine.

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