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Post by zeldalithgow on Mar 15, 2012 19:37:36 GMT -1
Finally moved the ponies into the paddock next to the road so Trev gets closer to the scary traffic As you can see he was terrified of the huge clanging tractor and trailer going down the track past the field  It was all go as some people arrived to collect some poo for their allotment Checking out the scary plastic bags  Making sure the muck heap is solid enough to climb on  not quite sure how to get off lol  Then something spooked Prince so Trev is off too   all I'll need soon is a nice steady traffic proof pony to walk out on the roads with Trev |
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Post by Anna on Mar 15, 2012 19:42:44 GMT -1
Poor Trev...he'll need a lie-down now.....
(blimey Zelda, I know I'm biased but what a beauty he's blossoming into too)
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Post by jaycee on Mar 15, 2012 20:11:16 GMT -1
He looks so handsome  How old is he? |
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Post by zeldalithgow on Mar 15, 2012 20:16:22 GMT -1
LOL Anna he is rather gorgeous
Jaycee he's 2 at the end of April
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Post by valerie n scout on Mar 16, 2012 7:36:48 GMT -1
 at Trev struggling to get off the muck heap gosh he is a smasher Zelda x 
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Post by harveydales on Mar 16, 2012 9:08:11 GMT -1
He's smashing. I don't think you will have much problem with him on the roads. |
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Post by The Moo on Mar 16, 2012 11:51:01 GMT -1
I love Trev, he's a hunky chunky chap and such a gorgeous colour, he's stunning! Funny this should be posted as I was discussing traffic-proofing last night... Ed and Moo now live in a field next to a road going down to the village, it's a country lane but there is a bus service and it's also used by vans, tractors, delivery lorries, noisy motorbikes etc, the limit is 30mph but I'm sure a lot of the traffic does travel faster as it is on a short straight. At first, Ed was alarmed by the buses that would swoosh past and I thought he would just get used to them, he has in a sort of but not ideal way, and here is my theory... The bus driver drives down the road, totally unaware of the ponies on the otherside of the hedge (and why should he be), he doesn't drive fast but has no need to slow down, as it passes, the bus makes a swooshy noise, if the ponies were on the road the bus would (and does) stop patiently and allow the ponies to pass quietly and without incident and so pony and rider confidence grows. But....as the swooshy worm monster goes past when I'm not there I am not able to contain the situation and give support/confidence/grounding at the appropriate time and 'explain' it is just a swooshy worm and not a swooshy MONSTER worm. As ponies learn by repitition, Ed has learnt the following lesson: swooshy monster comes - spook 10ft - swooshy monster goes - ad infinitum. He has not learned that swooshy worm comes - swooshy worm sees pony - swooshy worm stops and goes to sleep - pony walks past without getting eaten - swooshy worm goes away. Unfortunately as the village is narrow there isn't enough room for width of bus + length of pony + 10ft + room for error  , there isn't enough 'personal space'. Ed never gets to sample the bus stopping for him, as far as he is concerned the bus always swooshes past at speed (but it wouldn't if we were actually on the road) which is pretty alarming  . I've referred to bus but it's more or less the same for anything in the 7.5ton size due to the way they rattle, crash and bang down the road and through the potholes to their next next delivery. I feel I have dug a hole for myself and not sure how to get out of it..  I have to add that they do live next to a military training air field and have ground attack Apache helicopters doing acrobatics above them most days as well as the frequent sorties of the standard 'copters, plus the private light aircraft and the parachutes etc and they don't bat an eyelid |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2013 17:03:40 GMT -1
Without wanting to sound like a bit of a fruit cake i found a good way of de-sensitising is to 'step into the mind of your horse'  Whatever you are wanting to de-sensitise you pony to, change the dynamic around so that your pony becomes the 'predator'......eg show him a plastic bag and then when he goes to sniff it move it away - repeat, repeat, repeat! You can put it in your back pocket and walk away encouraging him to 'chase' it.....I did this with tractors, bikes, trailers etc - let him familiarise himself with it and then get the driver to move away when he comes to check it out.....if that's not possible, when you're out on the road (and it's safe to do so), let whatever it is past and then chase it up the road.....this worked for Marlon......hope that helps.... good luck! x |
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How old is he?
, there isn't enough 'personal space'. Ed never gets to sample the bus stopping for him, as far as he is concerned the bus always swooshes past at speed (but it wouldn't if we were actually on the road) which is pretty alarming 
