Comments on: Clipper Shy

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:44:39 +0000

It’s a great way to teach horses to get used to all kinds of things. I also do not move objects away but just keep them still so he can check them out in his own time.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:21:50 +0000

I beleive that this is mostly right but there is one important error. If you move the clippers away when he reacts then he is learning that he gets rewarded by moving when the clippers approach, you are sensitising the horse rather than desensitising. The correct approach is to take the clippers away a milli second BEFORE you think he ia about to react, give a few seconds, and then approach again each time getting slightly closer without him moving. If he does happen to move you need to keep the clippers there as much as possible until he STOPS reacting and shows signs of relaxing (drops head, chews mouth, cocks leg etc.)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:17:44 +0000

It works.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:47:56 +0000

My horse was so bad for clipping he was almost rearing even with a lip chain, something I really did not want to use. This article, although I had already thought about doing this, gave me a definite plan to follow. I’m sure it will help tremendously!