Comments on: Help for Headshy Horses

By: jennifer Boothe

jennifer Boothe — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:26:41 +0000

when i was 12 my aunt gave me a arab mare and she had been severly mishandled, and my mother had two Trainers quit and give up on my angery lil mare,whom when you tryed to touch her face or ears bit kicked and whould rear up and trow herslef backwards,her savor was round pen work lots and lots of free lougeing and join up traning one on one with me . they must trust you soo plz plz dont used ear twiches they are painful and only mask bad horsemanship .needless to say im now 21 and to this day my mare is happy safe and the best teacher iv ever had.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:27:24 +0000

thanx for a very interesting and helpful article!!! my mini, Acorn, must have had his ears twitched before we had him, or handled badly, cause he doesn’t want anybody near his ears-i need to work with him more!!

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:51:28 +0000

My horse is only head shy when he is intending to bite.

By: Lina

Lina — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:01:46 +0000

Thanks! I have a shetland pony, and she will not let anyone touch her ears for anything. She freaks like she is about to die. Were not expecting that, when we got her her ears were clipped clean.

By: HY

HY — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:04:25 +0000

thank you for this article!

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:48:28 +0000

Thank you once again, the more I read, the more I
understand. This paint has been mishandled, had a hard life for her first 2 years of her life . With your helpfull articals like this one hopefully I can give her a better 20 years.

By: Merrilyn

Merrilyn — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:20:50 +0000

Ken McNabb is also on RFD. I no longer get this channel (due to cost) but he is one of the outstanding clinician’s on this channel. He uses the resistance free,its more dificult for you to do what you want and easier to do what I want, approach. The lunging is what I’ve always used or disengaging the hindquarters…the “what can I do to stop all this work” approach. It seems to get through to them the quickest. However, having said that, every horse is diferent right along with every situation and cause..patience #1 as was stated and consistency, with repetition..they will get it..Thankyou for having McNabb and the other outstanding trainers in your horsechannel..This articule was awesome..so are the cliencians that you have had give advice. I have seen so many people mishandle their horses and mainly because they are frustrated, which they pass on to the horse…Education!SO important! I refer your site to all of my “wanta be” horse friends ( and of course with my advise). I love the resistence free training..it produces a secure and trusting horse…Thankyou!!! Keep up the Educating.. I too learn from it..we never stop learning

By: Bridget

Bridget — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:42:43 +0000

Wow, this is great. My horse is head shy but he’s funny about it. If he knows your doing something(putting the bridle on) he’s fine but if you’re just touching him, he puts his head up and refuses to be touched. Thanks this will help.