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If a horse sweats very easily, could there be something wrong?
My horse sweats a lot very easily when he is being hidden. He is a gelding Tennessee Walking Horse, born in 1995 and is 15.3 hands high. He's also hyper active and and sometimes breathes heavy if he has a lot of energy. He do saddle seat, english, hunt seat, trail, and now western. We got him in April 2006 and rethought (or retrain) him everything from ground manners all the way to what he knows now. We use to think he just works too hard on himself during the most easiest little thing, but we fixed that problem and he still sweats a lot and very easily. We live in more in the southeastern part of Michigan, and we never ride when its hotter than 90 degrees or colder than 20 degrees. Training is usually about 45 minutes long, and sometimes less and ending it on a good note. There's also plenty of walking breaks as well. Is there a way to solve, fix, or at least help control his heavy sweating problem?
At 15 years old he could very possibly be suffering from a metabolic condition such as equine Cushing's syndrome. Excessive sweating, breathing disturbances, and hyper behavioral issues you describe may all be hormone related. Tissue of the pituitary gland in the brain is affected in Cushing's, and the pituitary gland secretes specific hormones that regulate function by all of the other endocrine glands, including the thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, (ovaries and testes - not in his case), the pancreatic islet cells that produce insulin and the pineal gland that secretes melatonin. So horses with Cushing's can exhibit a number of symptoms and signs that are related to altered secretion of hormones produced by the various other endocrine glands. As the disease progresses, increasing numbers of signs can be seen, like changes in shedding of the hair coat or development of a crest on the neck, along with a number of other changes.
Of course it's possible that your horse just happens to sweat a lot without there being any disorder involved, but I would consider having your vet evaluate him for Cushing's just to rule it out. The earlier treatment begins, the better the prognosis for long term health and soundness.
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