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Date Posted: 18:36:56 11/08/07 Thu
Author: Denise
Subject: Spooky Friesian
In reply to: Malinda 's message, "Spooky Friesian" on 17:47:08 11/07/07 Wed

>Does anyone have any advice on de-spooking a mature
>Friesian? I know some horses are naturally spooky, but
>I am hoping that is not the case with my Friesian. We
>have been doing lots of groundwork and working on
>spooking in place, but I am afraid to get back on him
>since he spooked and bolted.
I know how you feel. This is also a fear of mine. I have a young Friesian (4 years) and although he has never bolted with me on him I always have that fear in the back of my mind. I only ride mine in enclosed areas for now as I don't have any one in our barn that has a mature bomb proof horse to go trail riding with anyway and I don't think it's a good idea to trail ride alone on a young inexperienced horse. From what I've heard and read, there is no way to desensitze and expose your horse to every thing they will ever come in contact with when you are riding them, so you have to build a trust up with your horse so that when something does spook him he can look to you for guidance. Did he actually run away with you and you were not able to stop him? You should check out some John Lyons or Clinton Anderson tapes or books. They may be helpful or at least teach you to train your horse to disengage his back end so that if he does take off with you you at least know how to slow him down untill you get control of him. I am learning all of this myself with my young horse. My last horse was a Morgan that was bombproof and I would go out trailriding by myself bareback all the time and never had to worry about her taking off with me. I hope to get my Friesian there someday and be able to take him on lots of trail rides as I think it is beneficial to both horse and rider to trail ride occasionally. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" if you know what I mean. Hope this helps.

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