Horse desensitizing

Desensitizing horses: I am making Sparkles walk under a tarp to get her used to uncomfortable or awkward situations. All you need is a tarp, hay sting, and heavy blocks!

Bombproof is a term used in the horse world to describe a horse that isn’t afraid of anything; the idea is that a bomb could go off a few feet away from the horse and it wouldn’t even flinch. The way to make your horse bombproof is by putting them through desensitizing training. Desensitizing is […]

Obstacles for horse training. Great ideas for clicker training and horse agility, or just to desensitize your horse to things you might encounter while trail riding.

Great obstacle idea!

Being spooky comes naturally to horses—some even more than others. Learn how desensitizing can dial down your horse's spook-o-meter.

If your horse is nervous or distracted, these groundwork exercises will help with getting your horse's attention back on you.

Stretches

Enjoy the fun of a horse trail obstacle course - and more - at the recent CMA horse campout at Montana de Oro State Park.

Horse obstacles

Sometimes, through fate, bad weather, or other reasons, we may find ourselves unable to ride our horse for a season. Even though we can't ride, there are plenty of things to do with a horse when we can't ride.

Various obstacles (c) Equinection

©2012 Laura Palazzolo Did some desensitizing with the horses with flags and umbrella's. They were so funny, the first time they saw the umbrella they all took off running and then we decided to put it in the cone and slowly, one by one they came up to it..cautiously to make sure it wasn't a horse eating monster...LOL

Horse obstacles plastic bottles

Horses, being a prey species, are often afraid of any encounters that appear to be a threat – they are always vigilant and ready to run for their lives.While this trait can be beneficial in getting the animal out of danger, horses that easily get frightened can be more difficult to handle, not to mention unsafe to ride. https://www.hoofinhorse.com/desensitizing-horse/