Ferrah
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This for all of you who heard about my plasticphobia horse Ferrah.
With some help from the massage therapist/acupuncturist, usinga combination of TTouch, traditional massage and acupuncture, along with some goo dtraining, patience, love, understanding a round pen and two John Lyons videos, we got Ferrah to TOUCH a plastic bag!
She still snorts up a storm if the plastic bag rustles too much, and she is still pretty goosey with it. But we got Ferrah to actually walk up to a tied down plastic bag in the middle of the round pen and touch it. It was amazing! She did run away right after she touched it, but hey, its a start!
My riding instructor and the massage therapist say it won't be too long before we can rub her with the plastic bags. She is coming along very nicely.
We'd never tried the round penning before to get her to touch the plastic, so maybe it was just something in her past or her training that needed to be undone?
With some help from the massage therapist/acupuncturist, usinga combination of TTouch, traditional massage and acupuncture, along with some goo dtraining, patience, love, understanding a round pen and two John Lyons videos, we got Ferrah to TOUCH a plastic bag!
She still snorts up a storm if the plastic bag rustles too much, and she is still pretty goosey with it. But we got Ferrah to actually walk up to a tied down plastic bag in the middle of the round pen and touch it. It was amazing! She did run away right after she touched it, but hey, its a start!
My riding instructor and the massage therapist say it won't be too long before we can rub her with the plastic bags. She is coming along very nicely.
We'd never tried the round penning before to get her to touch the plastic, so maybe it was just something in her past or her training that needed to be undone?