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Re: Regaining trust after bad spook

Hi Diana, you might ask on the IceHorses email list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icehorses

There are a lot of members there and you would probably get a lot of responses.

Some Icelandic Horses are similar to yours just by birth. Some are born calm and some are nervous.

If it was my horse, I would start by checking his feed. Nothing hot, no alfalfa, no supplements without knowing what's in them.

I would give a low sugar grass (I use bermuda for my horses), and supplement with something like TracGuard, or B vitamins, or magnesium. These are all supposed to be calming things.

Then I would start working with him with clicker training. Touch the target, click, treat. It usually helps with these types of Icelandics.

Check the Icelandic Horse Connection website

http://iceryder.net

and the IceHorses list archives (address above) for more information, and also check the ClickRyder blog

http://click-ryder.blogspot.com

and my youtube videos:

http://youtube.com/icehorses.

If you need help, please let me know. We're here to provide assistance.

Thanks!

Judy