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Post by daviesbaby20 on Jan 6, 2012 13:54:54 GMT 1
The title of the thread pretty much says it all
My section d thinks that EVERYTHING is out to eat him ......
Where do I start what can I do to desensitise him ?
I have no idea if anyone has any tips or suggestions they would be mooost welcome
Thanks in advance x
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2012 16:41:11 GMT 1
Sounds like you could do with reading Perfect Manners, it's a great book, very easy to read and has loads of useful tips and exercises to run through, far too numerous to try to recite on here  |
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Post by nomdeac on Jan 6, 2012 17:04:45 GMT 1
Can heartily recommend Perfect Manners, I've found lots of the confidence building works really well.
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Post by daviesbaby20 on Jan 6, 2012 17:38:05 GMT 1
I'm currently working my way through perfect manners lots of it makes sense x thanks for the replies guys x
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Post by milo on Jan 7, 2012 8:28:06 GMT 1
section d's are normally scatty, ours is, she used to spook at leaves, butterflys, shadows absoloutely anything, but with age shes got better just a bit of a character which is why they are so lovable.
i set up an area in our field when it was dry obviously and put cones out, flags on poles, silage wrap on the floor and milo's biggest fear a tractor in the middle of it all, i just got him walking around it to start with rewarding him with hilton herbals when he was good then we started riding around the cones, through the flags and over the silage sheets on the floor, finally i got him closer and closer to the tractor and put hilton herbs on the wheel arches so when he got clsoe i could lean over and give him a traet so he realised that the tracotr wasnt going to eat him,lol, this took many weeks and patience until he was calmly walking around but it definetley helped him and me.
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Post by fth on Jan 8, 2012 11:47:02 GMT 1
all this advice is great -- one thing to ask yourself is -- how well do you know your horse? I had a sectoin D who started ff spooky - -but then as she gained confidence would spook because she was BORED!!! ie if a ride was not entertainig she would create her own entertainment!
so spook busting is good -- so is being able to give your horse lots to think about when being ridden so that they don't start making up their own games
Cathy
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