Its funny how some bad habits or quirks can be caused by something you never think of....

I had a 5 year old gelding- had the habit of swinging his head back and forth to match his gait- sold him a couple years ago to a neighbor who told me the other day that the horse kept it up like that until a few months ago he had finally stopped and moves out now with his head plumb straight....He said it was the new farrier he found :???: ... I had used a neighbor to shoe him- new owner uses a different shoer but still had problems- but one day when he couldn't get his normal shoer he called a new kid in the area-- kid said he was shaped up wrong- redid things and fit the shoes and the horse hasn't swung his head a bit since....

Said the kid did the same with another old gelding that usually went gimpy after about 1/2 a day- took off the old shoes- reshaped the hoof and put on new shoes and he hasn't had  a gimp since.....

I'm thinking I need to try him out....