Zacksmum
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Has anyone or know of anyone who has had their horse sent away to professionals to desentiisize them in traffic?
Horses in Traffic
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indie999
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No but you might find someone to help you at home? Good idea to do it. But you can do it yourself ie some basics ie starting the engine etc and having vehicles around etc etc Do a bit at a time and if you go out try to go out with a good solid traffic proof, steady Eddy! Go at quiet times in day and make sure someone with hi viz is up rear , up front etc etc to slow traffic etc
WandaMare
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I sent one of mine away because he was claustrophobic on our narrow lanes and if he panicked he was too strong for me to hold. Anyway I'm sad to say it was a waste of time and money. He wasn't hacked out nearly as frequently as I was told he would be and he came home showing hardly any improvement.
In this position again I would definitely keep horse at home and pay for a trainer to come out and help.
In this position again I would definitely keep horse at home and pay for a trainer to come out and help.
springer1021
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Yes me, I bred my youngster but never had anyone to hack out with and I was also nervous on the roads so I never took her out on the road - except very early when there was no traffic so it was a catch 22 situation, I wouldn't take her out so she never met traffic.
She was fine with cars but anything bigger she would look at and spin around, leap on the pavement etc.
She turns 8 this year and I decided enough was enough and sent her to my regular instructor for a month, after only a couple of weeks she was quite happily going by wagons, tankers, double decker buses and even being schooled in an arena with a JCB digging right next to the fence
Mind you I trust my instructor 100% to look after her, I wouldn't have sent her anywhere else.
She was fine with cars but anything bigger she would look at and spin around, leap on the pavement etc.
She turns 8 this year and I decided enough was enough and sent her to my regular instructor for a month, after only a couple of weeks she was quite happily going by wagons, tankers, double decker buses and even being schooled in an arena with a JCB digging right next to the fence
Mind you I trust my instructor 100% to look after her, I wouldn't have sent her anywhere else.
Zacksmum
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Thank you, Ive had my horse for 4 years as an ex school horse, he had no traffic experience from the on set but 4 years along the line he is steadily getting worse than better. I live in the country with lots of tractors/waggons etc. But I know how to deal with all the latter but when a boy comes passed with his exhaust missing off his motorbike I had nothing to prepare myself. My horse spun round, dropped his shoulder and I was a foot away from going under the bike. I'm now in a place where I dont want to ever ride or go out again.