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Prakashb

Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 11:14 am:

Hi, my horse, 3 year old mare, will always leave for a trail ride with a very good looking stool. By the end of the trail, she will have gone to the bathroom 4-6 times, each time the stool gets very runny and loose. Is this normal? Should I give her a probiotic afterwards/ or before to help to account for anything? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
New Member:
Dawson

Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 12:02 pm:

Hi, is she an arab? Doesn't really matter but it seems I see this most often in Arabs or thob. My question would be how long after a ride does it take for her to regain her stool? Right now, it sounds like she is just a young girl a little over excited about the trail ride and the onset of spring smells. If she re-gains the texture of her stool in an hour or two I say it's not much to worry about.
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Sparky

Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 2:32 pm:

Hi - my 5 yr qh mare does the same thing - she is one of the most laid back horses I have ever had and shows no signs of stress except in her stool. Take her for two days of lessons - poop in trailer solid - runny while at stable - use my own hay - and solid once we get home again. She actually starts firming up on the second day.
Janet
New Member:
Prakashb

Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 4:31 pm:

Well, the problem is that i'm at school during the week an hour away from where my horse is, so I don't get a chance to monitor that. I want to say that her stool is firm again the next day. She excretes most of her stool during the trail ride, so it seems as if she kind of purges her system.. i don't know if that makes any sense....
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Monday, Mar 27, 2006 - 6:48 pm:

Many horses when they get excited develop loose stools, the explanation for your horse is most likely this.
DrO
New Member:
rsob5

Posted on Monday, Feb 9, 2015 - 10:55 am:

When I bring my horse in from the pasture, he stops to “poop”. Within the last 6 months he has started having a bowel movement when he sees his trailer pull up. He then has 1-2 more in the trailer becoming more runny. So we’re up to 4 before we even start out. Then this diarrhea continues throughout the trail ride until there is literally no more left to poop! He does not do this on the local trails. He seems to do this when trailering and riding with the same rider/horse. She always rides far ahead at a fast walk. My horse doesn’t seem to mind, doesn’t want to catch up. I almost always have some kind of anxiety on trail rides with this rider. Her speed or choice of trails are sometimes concerning to me. Am I passing this on to him? My rides with others do not produce this anxiety for either of us.
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lsweeney

Posted on Friday, Feb 13, 2015 - 12:54 pm:

I have an almost 30 year old mare that always starts pooping when she sees the trailer. I would be more concerned if the loose stools continue after the trail ride. Otherwise, I would assume that it has to do with excitement and exercise.

My horses also have a different demeanor depending on where we go. When we trailer to our cabin in Lake Tahoe, they are dull and lifeless. Why? There are no horses up there. They know this. There is no feed up there on the trails. All of the trails go up hill from our cabin. They are not a fan.

Trailer them 45 minutes from Tahoe over to a horse campground where there have been as many as 100 horses camping. Big lush meadows. A whole other story. We are excited. Spooky. Moving out on the trail. Analyzing poop on the trail. Alert. Jumping around in our pen. Dancing. You name it.
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DrO

Posted on Friday, Feb 13, 2015 - 6:23 pm:

Welcome Rachael,
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