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Re: [RC] OT-spray bottle problem - Renie M burnett


On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:48:35 -0700 "Carol Suggs" <limofunder@xxxxxxx>
writes:
Be careful and you might want to untie your horse and just drape the 
lead
rope over your arm so that the horse doesn't pull back if he is 
frightened
of the sprayer.  For any of this sort of stuff I suggest using at 
least a 12
foot lead and be in a good working area, where the horse isn't going 
to bang
into something or hurt someone else if he gets startled.

This is really important advice; DO NOT make the horse feel trapped by
tieing him up!  Please remember how you would feel if someone tied you to
a chair and then proceeded to throw a snake on you (or mouse or whatever
gives you the creeps), even if YOU knew it wouldn't hurt you.  The horse
is a reactive animal.  Don't forget it, ever.  
I would take a spray bottle with warm water in it, let him see the
bottle, step back,  and begin spraying the air around me, in a nonchalant
way, and KEEP DOING IT until  the horse relaxes and stops running around
and relaxes a bit.  Rub him, and then do it again, each time getting a
bit closer while spraying the air.  Take your time, each time waiting for
the horse to relax before spraying again.  Remember, if you STOP spraying
when the horse moves, you are teaching him that all he has to do to get
you to stop spraying is to MOVE!  Now, that's a case of the horse
training the trainer!  Be persistent and patient; When he stops moving,
you stop spraying.  eventually, he will realize it is no big deal.  renie

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