Blaze the horse meets a broom and hates it. This is for cowboy and horse safety. Desensitizing.
Channel: 1000YearHomes
Date: 2024-04-05

#horsetraining #horseandrider #horse 

Blaze the horse is an amazing animal. He is fun, and curious and potentially DEADLY.

He came to me in dangerous condition - aggressive, mean and willing to fight - and after 6 months I have him to a place where I can handle 75% of this horse. But those back legs and underbelly. He can't control his over action and lashes out with way too much dangerous defense.

So, this training is getting him to accept a cowboy with a stick in the hand. To be honest, I don't trust people holding sticks either. They always poke or smack with them. But smacking a 1200lb horse is just dumb - and I have to undo the dumb thing that somebody else apparently did to this horse. 

Well... it's possible Blaze is just twitchy. But he can be handled and is not aggressive (any more). He has many fine traits.

I like this horse. Just not enough to get a hoof in the face. I appreciate my teeth in my jaw.

I need to be able to work on those back legs. I need to trim hooves and remove bot flies. I need to brush, groom and safely touch the hind quarters. As much for the horse as the rider.

So, I introduce a Broom. Now, I knew this would be a Blaze stretch goal. And this old cowboy has the patience to train this dangerously damaged animal.