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I found a great trick to "calm down my horse" when we were getting him out 
on trail at first.  He was a freak with other horses.  I did start with the 
little calming pellets (can't remember the brand), all the grass hay he 
could eat, and turn out in the arena the night before we would ride. Then I 
would either down a beer or take a benedryl (antihistime) and off we would 
go.  Before long, I found he didn't need the calming stuff, I did!

Moral is, with sensative horses your moods and expectations show in the 
horses behavior.

Our solution was for me to relax, and the have the cues to get his attention 
back to me.  Doesn't matter what it is.  Our changed as we went along 
because when he would get to good at something he could do it on "automatic" 
and I wasn't really getting the focus I wanted.  Now we are both confident 
and have a great time.

Jena & Temba



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