Horses. How Can I Make My Horse Bombproof?
Horses. On The Road My Horse Is Very Good With Cars But Is Really Scared Of Big Vehicles Such As Tractors, Buses, Lorries, Horseboxes Trailers. What
Horses : How Can I Make My Horse Bombproof
On the road my horse is very good with cars but is really scared of big vehicles such as tractors, buses, lorries, horseboxes trailers. What can I do to make him alright with these out hacking? ~~~ Laura C ~~~
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The best way is to take a well broke road horse out with you that is not affected by these type of vehicles. Keep that horse between your horse and the scary trucks. When one approaches, just ride it out. Don't get nervous, do not anticipate his behavior, nothing. Just ride it out. The other horse will calm him down. Later on your horse will be the one on the nearest side to the noise and eventually by keeping your calm nature, you two will be doing it alone.
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Answer 1Time and experience. The more exposure your horse has to such vehicles, the more used to them he will become. Is there a place you can make him stand while they pass? If he moves or spooks, MAKE him keep moving, make him want to stop. Make standing and looking at the trucks, etc, be the safe place. Make him want to be there. Then work gradually up to moving while traffic passes, etc.
Answer 2The best way is to take a well broke road horse out with you that is not affected by these type of vehicles. Keep that horse between your horse and the scary trucks. When one approaches, just ride it out. Don't get nervous, do not anticipate his behavior, nothing. Just ride it out. The other horse will calm him down. Later on your horse will be the one on the nearest side to the noise and eventually by keeping your calm nature, you two will be doing it alone.
Answer 3Expose, expose, expose! Start out by holding him with a leadrope near the road or have people drive tractors by. Be careful though. I continually try to bombproof my horses by occasionally shaking tarps around them and such until they get used to it.
Answer 4one thing that might help is grazing near the road if safe enough to get used to it. second ever hear of the wet saddle blanket rule? by riding alot you get the horse used to many obstacles that are less scary and over time you can gradually introduce scarier objects, because the wet saddle blanket gives the horse lots of practice trusting you and you get to trusting the horse more and are more relaxed under more stressful situations like the truck, you could be also conveying fear through your own tensions and apprehensions, riding alot will help you relax in those scary scenarios over time after lots and lots of rding. teh horse may be reacting to your fear and not the trucks, horses react to riders fears by getting scared and alert looking for the thing your sending out danger signals about. they may be scared cause you are and not necessarily becasue of the trucks. RRRRR
Answer 5Riding around them a LOT.
Answer 6Just take him out as much as you can. Get him used to as much as you possible can. He just needs time and he will be fine.
Answer 7Get an experienced trainer to help i tried with my horse to get him used to cars and was leading him a good distance from the road which wasent a busy one and he took off and left my hands rope burnt horses are very dangerous animals and the best thing to do would be to get a trainer rather than get hurt if the horse spooks.
Answer 8If possible find a place to board him where he will be exposed to this sort of thing. The most "bombproof" horse I have is a Mustang. He was brought in to an adoption center and exposed to everything from tractors, ATV's tractor-trailers and screaming running kids. After a while they become desensitized to this stuff on their own. Boarding is the easiest way. If that is not an option then many of the posters here have good suggestions. I think the reason that I prefer the horses figure it out on their own, is because they are not picking up vibes from me on how to act. From years of experience if you are uptight or nervous and the horse is in a new area, they will pick up every vibe that you are sending out.
Answer 9Work with him on the ground at home if possible with noisy big machines. If you cannot be around big machinery or big trucks etc., at home, then take someone with you and walk him on a lead where there seems to be a lot of truck and noisy machinery traffic. When you first start, stop when you hear a big truck etc., coming and pet your horse as the truck etc., goes by. Doing this for a few weeks and then having someone go with you while you ride for a few more weeks should do the trick.
Answer 10expose him to these things often, like park your trailer by his pasture fence if possible, drive or park your tractor/ riding lawn mower by his fence... i'm assuming he lives on your property. just expose him to these things as much as possible. i have these 2 great books, i really recommend you to read, either buy yourself or check out from a library, are: "think like your horse" by michael peace and lesley bayley /Think-Like-Your-Horse-Understand/dp/0715311697/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1198468707sr=8-1 "teach your horse perfect manners" by kelly marks /Teach-Your-Horse-Perfect-Manners/dp/1570762147/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1198468793sr=1-1 i don't own this book, nor have i read it, but the title atracts me! "bombproof your horse: Teach Your Horse to Be Confident, Obedient, and Safe, no Matter What You Encounter" by rick pelicano and lauren tjaden /Bombproof-Your-Horse-Confident-Encounter/dp/1570762600/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1198468793sr=1-2
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