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What about the really fearful horses?
By Horse Guy | June 12, 2008
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So far in this series we’ve talked a lot about training fairly gentle and reasonable animals- but eventually you’re going to come up against a real timid and scared horse…
One special fear that many horses develop is fear of the automobile, and there’s some simple ways to break them of this…
With a great many horses it is only necessary to make the proper approach and their habit is overcome, because with them, it is simply a case of not understanding.
Engage someone to use an automobile according to your directions. The first time you meet the machine be sure that you have plenty of room so you can get at least twenty feet away from it.
As you see it approaching, drive well out to the side of the road, take a firm grip on your lines, pull the whip out of the socket and prepare to force the horse toward the car.
Signal the driver of the car to slow down, and as the machine draws near, drive your horse directly toward it, approaching it from an angle.
Time your approach so that just as you get even with the machine the horse will be facing it and going almost straight across the road.
Use your voice: keep saying, “Take care sir,” over and over again. Just as the machine gets even with you, say “Whoa” and immediately give an action with the lines.
Have the driver go very slowly by the time you get even with him and have him stop. Allow your horse to reach out and touch the machine.
After allowing the horse to stand quietly for a moment, give an intimation with the lines, by first pulling the line NEAREST the machine, then the one on the opposite side, saying “Get Up” at the same time, and the horse will move quietly forward.
This is but a TINY sample of the potent training secrets to breaking your horse of all sorts of fears and habits…
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