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Things to do to help desensitize a horse

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emricmacy
Reg. Sep 2016
Posted 2017-12-22 8:33 AM
Subject: RE: Things to do to help desensitize a horse


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OhMax - 2017-12-22 6:11 AM

Hours, wet saddle pads, and confidence on your part - if you’re looking for stuff he might look at, he’ll probably look at it.

I would also ask what you’re feeding him? We’ve seen a couple of our more “spirited” ones really level out by going to a low NSC feed. They focus better and aren’t as looky. Some don’t handle the sugars well, much like little kids.

He is on Poulin E-TEC One, and Sentinel Senior. Even when I first tried him out in previous owner's outdoor ring, she said she had moved a few objects in the arena a few days before, and he was very looky/spooky at those.
I'm not mad at him, I'm just looking for ways to help him with some of his fears.

I really appreciate everyone's advice, and we have things to work on.

Just an example, at my trainers last month, she has a wood stove in a corner of her indoor, and put a cord of wood in there, and we worked on trying to get him past it for 25 min, still could not get him 100% past it! It was very frustrating..
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