On 31/07/07, Lorraine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love Dagur but he has one fault. He is so barn > sour. It is a battle to ride him from the corral. I > have never had that problem before.
Hi Lori, if it were me dealing with this and I have no experience with a barn sour horse (touching toe to wood as I say this)...but logically thinking it through I think I would walk out first by myself and place his favorite treat at strategic locations along the trail. Then I would hand walk him along the trail and guide him to discovering the treats. When I had hand walked him in this manner enough that I could tell he was anticipating the treat, then I would get on and ride him at that point. Then down the line, if he felt he needed a treat at a certain point, I'd treat him from the saddle and continue on our way... When training who ever around here, what ever 'battle' I see coming I try to divert their attention to something else...make everything a non-issue, and make life fun for both of you. What ever you decide to do...tell us what you did and whether it worked or not. Wanda
