Posted by shellie --Previous Message--
on 3/19/2006, 6:18 pm, in reply to "Re: need some help with my 1 year old colt"
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: : Being hat this is a tack for sale board, I
: was hesitant about posting, but since no one
: has , Ill chirp in here.
: Its never too young to expose a youngster
: to differnt things, you will have a better
: horse for it.How I taught my youngester to
: accept the clippers was I ran them while he
: was eating grain,every time.Consistancy is
: the key..When he stopped looking at the
: clippers, I then would run them over his
: body, until he accepted that, then slowly
: move on from there.The more you expose him
: to stuff now(light traffic, trucks,spooky
: stuff )the better off you will be.I used to
: take my guy for walks on the side of the
: road, so he would be used to traffic.He is
: so young, have fun and take your time.Good
: luck and stay safe.
:
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