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[RC] re: [RC] Claustrophobic Horse - sindy mccosker - A. Perez

I'd try clicker training, or a varient there-of.  My filly would
kick when I touched her back feet.  I cured it by touching her
feet with a long-handled bath brush while she ate her grain.  If
she picked her foot up when I tocuhed it, I'd say "AGHNT!" and
pull her head up so she had to stop eating (remove reward).  I'd
wait a few secods and repeat.  It did not take her long at all
to figure out that picking up her foot meant not eating.  You
could do something simlar:  with the trailer parked, load your
horse and give her a pan of grain.  When she kicks, say 'No',
'Bad' or whatever and take the grain away for 20 seconds or so
(ideally you have a grooms door to reach through).  If you want
to try using a negative stimuli, bang the trailer near her head
IMMEDIATELY each time she kicks.  

Feel free to email me directly if you'd like: walkergirl <at>
ureach <dot> com

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