> > > Did I understand you correctly that it took him maybe 15-20 minutes total > to > get comfortable enough that he was willing to mouth and "destroy" the > tent/tarp? Gosh, that's actually pretty fast...maybe a little slow > compared to many Icelandics, but I've seen some sensible other-breed > horses > take hours to get used to something new and so strange.
I think you and Blessi both did great. We camp with our horses, and tents and flapping RV awnings are universally scarey. Kudos to you for setting that situation up at home. We've talked about it, but never actually done it. Right now the big scarey object for Hunter, a TWH that is afraid of small engine noises) is a portable cement mixer. Granted, it's not something you run into on trail very often, but he's bug-eyed over it. Nancy
