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Re: [RC] Try a female vet before ...a male trainer. was Vet Phobia - A. Perez

Re the suggestion: "Try a female vet before you send her off to
a male trainer."  While this may solve the immediate problem,
one does not always have the luxury of chosing vets -sometimes
you have to take who you can get.  If the 'vet phobia' is a
'male phobia', this needs to be addressed.  A horse should be
calm and respectful of anyone working with it, regardless of
gender.  Desensitization is often sucessful with phobias: try to
recruit some friends to 'play doctor' with your mare (people she
does not know).  Have some anticeptic and other 'vet-smelling'
things on hand to simulate the experience.  Stage lots of brief,
pleasant encounters, starting with only 'good things' from the
'vet' (carrots, scritches, sweet-talk), then SLOWLY adding in
more threatening (looking in mouth, handling ears, picking up
feet, fake shots with needless syringes, e-lyting or worming
etc).  Keep the sessions short, try to stop just short of
elicitng a fearful reaction.

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