I am looking for help. Not sure if there is anything wrong. But.. Would appreciate any comments if anyone of you had a horse do the same thing, or have heard of these symptoms/ quirks. Here's my story.. I was standing one day with my horse in her paddock with two other people. Just standing talking, and petting my horse, when all of a sudden, it was like she woke up, and forgot where she was. She started nickering right in my face, and breathing hard for about a minute. Almost like she had a nightmare. Then all was fine, back to normal self. This all happened in a matter of minutes. She was awake before, and didn't appear to fall asleep. But, it just looked like she had a nightmare.(This was a week ago.) Today, I was again standing in the paddock with my friend, we were there for about 30 minutes petting her and taking pictures. We stopped and started petting her, and were talking. When all of a sudden again, she started nickering and breathing heavy in my face for about 10 seconds.. But this time she reared straight up, ears pinned. She didn't strike or anything, but then tried to land more towards my friend. Once she came back down, all was good and she was back to normal. Happy no pinned ears or anything. This mare is the sweetest horse I have ever owned. She would never hurt anyone, or pose a threat towards anyone. I am just scared that something is majorly wrong... Has anyone dealt with anything like this before? Should I be concerned. Health or quirk? I just don't know.. We do have a vet appointment coming up very soon. I just wanted to see if maybe someone else had some insight on this... Also I have owned her for a month now. Thank you!