I have a 4 yr. old Gypsy Vanner known for their calmness, however my guy has decided almost everything even his foot prints in the sand are mad eating horse monsters! I spent a great deal of time with him and have developed great patience. As a trail horse who I often ride on a 10 ft. grassed area by the street I dont have the luxury of doing the "9" step turn, left-right, back, forward dance. I often experience a spook/bolt, collect him, stop give him words of confidence and continue on. 30 seconds later he may do it again at something new and again I exercise continued patience. One day... he will have the patience and faith I have and he wont spook anymore.
Posted By: Tonia
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I just got a 6 year old ranch Q horse. He will do anythimg you ask of him when it comes to arena and trail riding. Yet he is scared of ever little thing.He spooks at small things such as the cliqing of a tape measerer. Your idvice does not really help for things such as this ( Noises, blowing leaves and trash, running kids ect.)These are things you cant controll. They could happen at any time. Any advies on really de-spooking a horse in every-day-life would be very great.
Posted By: Kels
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It seems to me that by distracting your horse with a series of commands, you are not helping him face his fears at all. You say you can just walk right on by that chicken coop however, you are spinning circles around your horse everyday just to get by. I think it would be much better to have your horse face his fears by asking him to move closer and closer to the object (chicken coop) and praising him for every effort made. When the horse is relaxed, ask him to move forward a little more. Continue this until he is standing relaxed right beside the object of fear. Let him check it out and praise him for his willingness even if it took you all day. If he gets spooky and tenses up the next time you pass the object, repeat the entire procedure. It will not take as long as the first time. Each session will become shorter as your horse learns to face his fears and trust you.
Posted By: Jess Hart
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Obviously it depends if your riding your horse or not, but whilst riding one of the best things you can do is stay confident, and if on foor or on your horse dont look for the things that will spook your horse, it shows that you too are warey and looking for the same worrying aspects of that environment. Horses draw confidence from humans as they would from members of a herd so showing your looking for said objects of fear shows you too may be nervous, i would reccomend trying to stay calm and confident to show that you dont fear it so why should they. Sounds simple but it works.
Posted By: Nat
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I have a 5 y/o bay connmarra gding,he tends to spook at things that he goes past everyday (e.g) the bottom of the indoor or leaf blowing across in front of him I am only 13 and I really want to help him get through this stage as he is truely stunning, has bags of potential and could go quite far any offers to help would be nice
Posted By: charlotte
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When my horse spooks at certain objects (bikes are the worst) he will refuse to go past it. If their are objects your horse spooks at, leave them outside his stall, so he can see them. After about 2 nights of the object he will realise that it can;'t hurt him, and will learn to ignore it. Hope this helps.
Posted By: Deena
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I was wandering do you think this will work for a horse who spooks walking down the isle way in the barn to go outside. He has never been inside before and snorts at every little object laying on the side of the isle way. We've had him for 1 week now he was a working ranch horse before this and I assume lived out on the range. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Posted By: Monica Rogers
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