Hypp Attack

AQHA registered N/H Hypp tested Horse have an attack. 2 years old and has 4 attacks in 2 months.

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[Appaloosapinto]

@hanoverianjumpers101 Why would you put more HYPP positive horses into this world?

[hanoverianjumpers101]

Anyway, Impressive horses make less appearances nowadays than 15 years ago, due to all the problems the defects cause. I think the judges are favoring the lighter-muscled horses now anyway. Of course, we will breed my mare when her show career is over, but only to a stallion with no hint of Impressive in his pedigree. She is too good of a mare not to breed her. She's good minded. When she has an attack, we squirt 100CC's of Karo syrup down her throat and leave her be.

[hanoverianjumpers101]

You can immediately tell this horse is Impressive bred by the size of his forearms! My family has bred Impressive horses for years, and we have not had very many problems - and I am not condoning the defect, just stating a fact. We don't have very many anymore, but my current halter mare is N/H. Her half sister is not Impressive bred, and by the look of them you'd never know they were related. My mare has had four or five attacks and she just turned six. Her half-brother is also N/H.

[Jailbirdx]

@windywillowfarm42 You can absolutely breed out HYPP the same way you breed out any other trait. Have ALL the breed organizations not allow N/H or H/H foals to be registered, preferably at the same time. Producing a horse with HYPP in any form will be a financial loss. Savvy breeders will want to avoid producing a volatile horse that can't be registered because of a severe genetic condition.

You can 'treat' HYPP but you can't cure it. The horse could still have a fatal attack at any time.

[Jailbirdx]

@1sorelhorse

There's no way to guarantee a horse won't have a fatal attack with a rider on its back, no matter how much you 'treat' it.

[windywillowfarm42]

HYPP can not be bred out. They could stop breeding N/H and N/N horses, which would stop the disease, but you can't breed a N/H horse with a N/N horse and expect it to eventually dissapear. HYPP is a dominate trait. Also, it's not only Quarter Horses that have HYPP, any horse that has Impressive in his pedigree can have HYPP. ApHA and APHA also accept HYPP N/H horses, not just AQHA. There is medicines to treat HYPP, and the attacks are almost fully preventable with correct diet and excersice.

[leaowens]

HyPP is not 'treatable' as much as you can reduce the severity of attacks with diet/supplements. As LICKETYSPLITALNG pointed out, it is a genetic disorder so it cannot be compared to behaviour, and the only way to 'cure' it would be to remove the HyPP gene from every cell in the body - impossible. HyPP causes suffering & distress and should be removed from the gene pool. A horse with HyPP may have a full blown attack at any time, and fall on a fence or its rider and thrash about.

[1sorelhorse]

@LICKETYSPLITALNG so just tell me whats wrong with hypp if its treatable??

[1sorelhorse]

@LICKETYSPLITALNG so just tell me whats wrong with hypp if its treatable??

[1sorelhorse]

@LICKETYSPLITALNG wow you really missed the point. and my analogy wasnt even true, i will ride arabs. its a preposterous statement, both of those are, and the point was showing how she refused to ride hypp horses in the fact that they are going to have an attack and explode, like arabs may spook and explode. so, lickety a family friend of mine is autistic, should she never have kids in worries that they might be autisitc too? its the same with hypp.