> While those would be the obvious signs of claustrophobia and Whisper is not > visibly claustrophobic she definitely has problems with groups of horses > around her and the suggested exercises would be helpful for her. The whole > concept of the TTEAM work is to 'chunk down' an exercises, instead of > increasing pressure to get what you want we find a slightly deviation in > direction and come back to the road you wanted to be on.
yes, i think TTEAM is probably great for any horse really! My horse stonewall doesnt do well in crowds, and I know he isn't claustrophobic, which is what I was thinking when I wrote that. ghe gets super excited. But i rescued a paso once that was claustrophobic and wouldn't go near other horses in the field and would not even eat if other horses were around, he was so afraid. Pitiful really. He would not go thru any gate. he was just very crazy and there was no hope for him with me. I found him a good home tho after giving it my all to try and help him. The problem with this horse that i think was hopeless, and Stonewall too, is that things dont seem to stick. You can spend hours, weeks, months getting them used to something and then the next day, you have to start over. Whats UP with that. Its very frustrating. And like with Stonewall, situational spookiness. he is fine with everything, even bulldozers operating, roaring fires, but a blue milk bottle cap sends him flipping out. So you work hard getting him used to blue milk bottle caps til he is fine witht hem. then take him off from home and he sees one on the road and jumps sideways. I am about at the end of my rope with him. I am now just praying he will mellow with age. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
