Beaten with a whip? Retraining a whip-shy horse that has bolted.

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Alfie was imported from Ireland after bolting in harness. He was terrified of the whip and very uptight in harness. After 3 weeks with us, this is his progress showing his reaction to the noise of the whip and explaining our reschooling principles for him. In our opinion he had been badly frightened or hurt by the whip. We discuss how we will get him used to the whip, why it is important that he is used to a whip even though he is currently frightened of it, and the importance of using a rubber bit in carriage driving horses that have run away. Barry also talks about making the decision to reschool a horse and invest financially in its future as a harness horse, or whether to change career to riding; especially relevant in this case as Alfie has fantastic naturally expressive paces. It is always something we like people to think about as you also need to take into account your own driving ability.
Although the whip is considered an aid in carriage driving, there are people who use it to force their horses to do things. We believe exchanging one fear for another is not the right way to train a horse: i.e. if the horse is frightened of going over a white line, and the driver hits him with a whip to get him over it, he is only going over because he is more frightened of the whip than the line. This is why we do not use whips when we are driving; so you can see the horse does what he is asked to off the voice aids. If a horse has been badly beaten with a whip, e.g. if the driver loses their temper or overuses the whip when its not needed, in some cases the horse learns to retaliate in anticipation of getting hurt. We explain about Alfie's reactions to being driven and our plan for him during his stay with us.

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