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Re: [RC] [RC] horse that spooks on the trail - Walka1

hi there,
i have a 4 year old qh who was spooking so badly out on the trail. at 3 he was such a quiet calm boy,.then he turned 4 and the world out there got spooky.
 
But for awhile iit was pretty hard to reassure him, he was shaking so much I couldn't get thru to him.
 
I put him on Quietex, a scoop a day, took him off all "hot food", and I reinforce lettinging him know I'm there for him with continuous chatter "good boy good boy" and rein contact on and off. It seems to be helping.  Plus we go out with other horses and rotate the leader to back off on the pressure here and there.  I also make sure he is relaxed in the round pen before we head out.
 
He's getting better, its been 4 months of work. 
Good luck
cat