Comments on: Confidence Builder: Plastic Bags-Part One

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:47:06 +0000

I have one horse who spooks like the bag is going to kill him. Then he’s okay approaching it and after a bit he’s fine. But that’s only with that one. The next bag is the same old story. He spooks at everything new no matter how many things he’s been acclimated to.

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:42:24 +0000

I’ve also done the treat trick, my mare got all snorty when someone was crinkling a plastic bag near her, but when she found out that it contained treats she’d decide to put her face right in it!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:58:39 +0000

Whne my hores was alive I ried to teach him not to be araid of plastic bags. It worked for 1 day! by the next day he would forget his training setion and I would have to start all over again. After several months of this I just got tired and stoped tryinging. Some horses are to stuborn to learn some thing new. But he was smart in other areas and rather well behaved.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:11:55 +0000

My horse use to be afraid of plastic bags and flags. We decided to hang plastic bags and flags all around his turnout. Also, he was deadly afraid of plastic chairs. We put a plastic chair in his turnout with carrots on it. Now he runs to the chair for his treat. It does not take long for him to learn that bags, flags and chairs are acceptable human cargo.