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Old 12-09-2006,
 
 
 
BrownCow
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Default Getting a horse desensitized to trail

Anyone have any ideas for getting a horse to relax on trail? I'm getting hoarse singing to him! He's an anxious horse that I've been leasing from a somewhat passive/nervous owner who never rode him outside the ring. Folks at the barn say I'm wasting my time and that he'll always be that way. But He's been going well with me in the ring, and I've started hand walking him around the trails, but he's really jumpy. I've taken him out with a quiet lead horse, but he manages to even work the quiet ones up. I'm not sure if it's a wide open spaces fear or what. Anybody have experience getting a horse used to the trails? Have you ever had a horse that never became a good trail horse? Any ideas or just keep plugging along?
 
 
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