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I have a horse that is a spooker.  I suspect it is his flight response 
kicking in.  He is so fast I simply cannot react quick enough to counter the 
direction in which he is jumping.   I think he is getting worse with time, 
not better.  Any thoughts on dealing with this?

Barbara

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] {RC] conditioning and then some fun

> As far as spooking. The tendency to spook is a function of a lot of 
> things, personality, eyesight, the strength of the fight or flight 
> response, etc. I've even seen a grand prix level dressage horse spook on 
> the trail. While they might still spook  -  the spooks will be a lot more 
> manageable and not be nearly as sever in a trained horse than in an 
> untrained horse.
>
> Truman



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