my tb had troubles going into water at the start of last year but we over came that and by the end of the year she was jumping in no worries

she had a long spell at the end of the year and wen we brought her back into work she was petrified again and we could not even lead her in so we were eliminated in xc at the water jump a few times.

we did not have access to any water to practise in because of the drought so we made a small puddle which first i walked her through until she was calm and relaxed and then i began to trot just taking it slowly and keeping her as relaxed as possible. wen she was calm and trotted through it like there was nothing there i cantered and put a small jump up and kept going through it as if there was nothing there.

the jumps got bigger but she treated it like a normal jump not any thing to be scared of.

we did this in about a week maybe less and at her next competition she went straight through the water as casually as if she had never had a phobia!

hope this helps