Getting your Horse used to fly spray and tips for you to stay safe while doing it.

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Dharma is helping me demonstrate how to get a horse used to fly spray. First off, the horse has be able to be handled all over, with your hand and a bush and stay still for that.
I will not tie them up, when starting, so that if they are nervous they can walk a circle around you until they chill out. That allows for their natural response to move away from scarey things and it allows you to be safe and not have the horse pull away from you.
Like the hose video, spray it away from them until they can deal with the sound and sight of it. I would fill a sprayer with water to begin with, that way you are not wasting your expensive bug spray and also not over saturating the horse's skin with chemicals.
Then you have to be aware of the all important "Release", The key it to not take the sprayer away or not stop spraying until the horse slows down or better yet stops its feet. When you quit, that is a release. If you stop while the horse is moving then you are teaching the horse to move away from you.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

I love the way you blend hands on videos with occasional ones filmed inside the house. Excellent advice, as always.

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Thank you 😊

[@ponytales.]

All this stuff is really helpful! New subscriber!

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Yay! Thank you!