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South Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
We are nominating Pepper because Pepper is a very anxious and fearful horse. We feel that Pepper would benefit from one of the Platinum Performance Equine Calming Formulas. Pepper has been with us since October 2019. It took two days to capture him so that we could rescue him. He was extremely thin and too afraid to even consider accepting treats. For a very long time we couldn't catch him if he was turned out in a paddock or pasture. When he first arrived he was so fearful he wouldn't even interact with other horses when turned out with them. He would find a corner of the pasture and back into it so he could watch the other horses be horses. In order to accommodate Peppers anxiety, we instituted a training program of "clicker" and positive reinforcement practice specific to Pepper so that he can develop a level of trust with humans. Pepper has gone from standing in the corner of his stall, to willingly hanging his head out his stall door. He no longer snorts every time a human enters his stall, but will still take a few steps backward. He has graduated to beginning to ride him. Pepper’s basic nature is to be anxious and fearful, but he has shown that he is doing his best to meet us half way in working on being able to relax more. He’s a pretty boy, and a kind boy, who really needs something that could help take his edge of anxiety off. It would be helpful for Pepper to have a product that doesn’t “medicate” him, but that helps him settle just a little more.
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I am the Executive Director of an equine rescue and rehabilitation facility. We were called to a grove to capture an “at large” loose horse that could not be caught and that no owner claimed. It took us two days to catch Pepper due to his level of fear of humans. -- Chris Septer
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