Hello Wendy, I am late to the party with your webinars but I have to say I’m working on catching up. I am loving the guests you get. What a blessing the updated information on horses is. So grateful you and others have taken the time to do these.

Dr. Peters is so kind and shows he wants us to learn this / thank you so much!

That period of assimilation was called "soaking" by older horsemen. Don't forget it, it's vitally important! Horses see "drilling" as harassment.

Hi from Carlisle Ontario

New Zealand.

Australia

How do you take a horse that has been traumatized and associates to that everytime they are asked to complete a specific action?

@surefootequine

2 жыл бұрын

You need to build positive reinforcement around the issue, starting in small bites Basically building alternative choices in behavior. This is where SURE FOOT Pads are really helpful. Once the horse has been introduced to SURE FOOT in a quiet environment where he can get the benefits without a trigger present, you can then start moving toward a trigger and use the SURE FOOT Pads to elicit the relaxation response. Horses are designed to be calm, anxiety in nature would be extremely brief periods of time. Using SURE FOOT the horse learns how to throw the parasympathetic switch to calm himself. Gradually moving toward an anxiety producing situation (such as a scary corner of the arena) you keep offering SURE FOOT so that the horse is conflicted between anxiety and comfort. If the horse hasn't been sent too high into the sympathetic he can then calm himself. Creating exit ramps for the anxiety pathway allows them to choose calming instead of anxiety. For more on this watch the Webinars on SURE FOOT.