His temperament is more relaxed and able to have a conversation with him. More like a real horse. lol Every time I get a couple good weeks of working with him, then something weird will happen to set us back 3 weeks. This time a deer got its hind leg caught in the fence. 60 miles of fence around here and it had to get caught in Marshall's field. So we had a 3M (Major Marshall Meltdown). But yesterday was different. Some of the meltdown exercises we have been working on he actually could think and remember. We got through that and then in the evening (instead of dealing with it for the next 3 days) he was calm and in his right mind and back to himself. That was a pleasant surprise. Hope this information helps with your decision. 😀

@Stephen Gowling

I just wanted to touch base back with you. I have a new system where I take a handful of his feed, then mix in either  the morning or evening portion of the supplement with a bit of water then add it to the rest of the feed. This has worked well for us not to lose any of the dose. His pooh has improved. It used to be mostly mulched grass looking with a few balls of pooh. After more than a week on the daily maintenance dose, only a small portion (like 10%) is mulched. (Maybe we could start a pooh analysis post 😂)

Yes I think I get it. Thank you. I didn't get to ES20 snaffle series still working my my through ES20 colt. You have helped me with paying closer attention to the horse's eye instead of just where their feet go. 

Stephen Gowling I KNEW IT!! I have been trying to tell my family and friends that my ridiculous horse is affected by the barometer! They told me I was crazy and I told them I know that but it doesn't change the facts! 😂

Stephen Gowling Might want to give us a few more days on it before you commit. Today his pooh was more loose than normal. We are not real scientific here so I have a few guesses about the change. 1) The medicine itself might be loosening him up. 2) It was windy and that stuff is powder and his feed tub is outside and some of it just blew away so he might of not got his full amount yesterday. 3) Being a windy day does add stress to him and perhaps he didn't get enough in his guts to keep them balanced. 

I did start with pinches. I didn't start like the package says because I am very leary of big changes in horse diets.

😅 Yes! He can be Marshall (who everyone loves), Peter Parker (spidey senses), Lightfoot, Sir Squirts-a-lot, Nutsy, and Mr. Dunit (his cranky self). I go out in the morning and ask, 'So, who we dealing with today Marsh?' His nicker usually gives him away. lol

Just a $20 feed supplement called Daily Gold that I bought at Tractor Supply. I thought it was just clay but doing more research there is other stuff in it. Was interesting to see that we had a big weather shift with wind that usually sets him off to be scared, but instead he was a little saucy instead. He didn't think we should clean his feet this evening, but we discussed it and he decided it would be a good idea to just get his feet cleaned. lol 

This is a youtube of USDA talking about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9KrEK4CDY

Barely. I knew a little about the Walking horse situation. As with any law, each administration 'interprets' the law and funds/defunds the law. Interested to hear what others know. As a homestead type farmer USDA can come off as Gestapo-type agency. Trump has involved Joel Salatin who wrote 'Everything I Want to do is Illegal'. So perhaps if the horse populace gets proactive we can get somethings deregulated. ??

I would like to watch more Caddy(sp?) videos, please. I'll probably watch this video 4-5 more times just to watch you deal with the energy, then I'll watch it 3-4 more times to understand what you said about posting. lol