How To Desensitise A Horse To Foreign Objects

What is your horse afraid of? 🐴
In this video, Dr Andrew McLean talks about how to desensitise a horse to foreign objects using Systematic Desensitisation. This video is full of helpful tips and features a demonstration showing you how to get a horse used to an object they are afraid of.
Have you used this desensitisation method before? We'd love to hear your stories in the comments.
⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤
Subscribe to our channel to keep up to date with all of our future content!
⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤
What is Equitation Science?
Equitation science promotes an objective, evidence-based understanding of how horses learn, and how to train them accordingly. It promotes the welfare of horses during horse training and competition by applying valid, quantitative evidence-based methods.
⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤
Follow us on our social media channels:
Facebook
/ equitationscienceinter...
Instagram
/ esi_trainer_coach
⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤⏤ For more information on our online 10872NAT Diploma of Equitation Science, visit: www.esi-education.com/courses...
For more information on our online short course “How Horses Learn”, visit:
www.esi-education.com/courses...
[RTO ID 41254]

[@desertrose2085]

Most horses, at time 3:00 in the video, would have sniffed the reflector, causing it to move, and they would have spooked back at that movement. All the warmblood did was violently raise his head. But a hot horse would have scooted backward at maximum velocity, reinforcing his fear. It would be helpful to show this strategy with a more reactive horse.

[@lucasa1849]

What about horses that spook and always run to the gate?

[@HorseMuse]

Geezzz, woman, let up on the frickin’ bit! He even looked back and said it himself! Be great to call it - acceptance training vs. de-sensitizing ! Let’s keep the sensitivity but bring acceptance of life and objects! Just a thought!