I bought Winne as a 5 year old from Holland.   He suffered very badly with separation anxiety and there was really no reasoning with him when you took his friend away.  You could not hack him alone or even turn the other horse out without him, he panicked at everything.    He had been on the point of being quite dangerous in the beginning but we have persevered with him in the hope given time, he would improve.   I was beginning to think I would have to sell him if we could not get to the bottom of it and he would have to go to a home where he would never need to be on his own at any time.

I found a card for Dawn and gave her a call to see if there was anything we could try to help Winne.  She was very friendly and very helpful and suggested I try a spray to relieve Winne's anxiety.   We took him to a local school about 10 minutes away which would normally have entailed a lot of banging in the trailer and a lot of Whinnying (I think there is a clue to his name somewhere there!).  However, there was no banging about and no whinnying, at one point I thought I had forgotten to load him!  He came out at the school, relaxed and managed nearly the whole lesson without shouting for his friends.   After the lesson he stood by the trailer and yawned and yawned and then loaded perfectly and just shouted once to his friend when we got home.   All I can say is the spray certainly had a beneficial effect on him and we have used it ever since, just when he needs it but as it works in 5 mins or so if he does get a little worried, we can use it to help settle him again.   He is now an absolute pleasure to deal with and is such a lovely horse.  It has also helped his confidence to grow as he now knows he can manage without his friend and he looks more to me now for reassurance which has helped us to bond even more.   I wish I had known about Dawn 12 months earlier as it would have been so much easier on the horse and certainly easier for me.   By the way - my horse is now definitely not for sale!!