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dianneS
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Voice commands do help soothe my mare and of course its all she has to go on when she can't see. I have found that if I have the same crowding issue like Linda had in the video. I usually just touch my mare with a longe whip to sort of push her out of my space on her blind side. I've tried flicking the whip of lead rope at her so she can hear and feel it, but on her blind side, that freaks her out. If she can trust that I'm only going to touch her with it, and using my voice at the same time, that usually works a lot better than those techniques Linda was using!ducks4you said:Guess I wasn't clear-I do agree with you. MY POINT was that, as you said about your horse, there is a heightened sensibility to touch on a blind or partially blind horse. I have, in my experience noticed that all of the horses I have owned and trained over the years are soothed by the voice and can learn to take verbal commands, which they do not forget.dianneS wrote:
Switching back and forth from her good side to her bad side is the best way I've found to gain her trust and get her to connect the voice commands. Just like you would work any other really one-sided horse, both sides have to be worked equally.
I DID have a gelding go blind on me. I didn't see it, but my Vet noticed a degenerative condition. He started to spook at the shadows he was seeing, and I was kicked in the head.
Regardless, it's good to have this discussion.
Whoa, kicked in the head?? Wow, sorry to hear that, very scary. You're very fortunate to be okay.