http://forum.equisearch.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=&tag=abused&orTags=0&o=DateDescendingSearch results matching tag 'abused'en-USCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://forum.equisearch.com/forums/thread/323707.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT6880bf40-d9e2-4dfd-9289-aa3cb40116d4:323707trink1213<p>Hi all,&nbsp; I have been out of the horse world for 15 years and now I am getting back into it via a horse rescue.&nbsp; I have always&nbsp;been good with horses and nothing spooks me <img src="http://forum.equisearch.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" />&nbsp; I have always been the leader in my heard!&nbsp; Now there is a horse there that is very fearful and spooks at everything.&nbsp; I have been working with him for a month now and he trusts me fully.&nbsp; I am now trying to train him and we have started ground work.&nbsp; We took a couple of classes together and were doing really well, lunging and everything!&nbsp; Now all of a sudden the past two weeks when I get him in the ring he will only walk behind me (very close too!).&nbsp; Today after a while he finally&nbsp;started walking next to me but that was after an hour of work.&nbsp;There is no way to lunge him since he needs to be as close as possible to me.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do I break this habit?&nbsp; I&#39;m not sure if he is fearful and that is why he wants to be so close or if I&#39;m not being clear in what I am asking of him.&nbsp; I&#39;m sure there is info in this forum that relates, but I haven&#39;t found what I am looking for yet, so I am sorry if this is a duplicate.&nbsp; Thank you!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Katrina</p>http://forum.equisearch.com/forums/thread/303269.aspxTue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT6880bf40-d9e2-4dfd-9289-aa3cb40116d4:303269Dreamer17<p>I just got her about a week ago. the previous owners said they could only touch he nose and mouth area but could never get a halter on her. They had her since foal and there was a halter on her at one time. They also she had broke it and they drugged her to put on another and that one also broke. I can get close to her and touch her head, ears, neck,back and brush her some now. I have held the halter on her nose for short periods of time while she is eatting.She is very nervous and jumpy at sudden movements and some sounds. although that is slowly going away too. She has some scars on her flanks and behind her ears. She is 6 now and I think I&#39;m am doing great with her so far. But I would appreciate any other advice on calming her and getting her used to the halter and lead.&nbsp; If I had not taken her she was to be distroyed at the end of Sept. I couln&#39;t let that happen..</p>