In a situation that many horse house owners can relate to, an upper-level dressage horse in England received so spooked by a herd of cows that it ended up trapped in a ditch.

The horse is a bay gelding named Casper, who balked on the bovines and fell into an eight-foot ditch. Crews arrived from the Leicestershire Fireplace and Rescue Service Southern Station and Loughborough Station, they received Casper to security with the usage of a fast launch lifting beam connected to heavy lifting tools. In line with the Leicestershire Fireplace and Rescue Fb web page, the horse was no worse for put on. “Casper is a really particular horse, having competed at a number of nationwide championships in dressage over time. He’s on the mend and appears to be therapeutic properly; he’ll be again to being ridden very quickly!”

Fortunately, when confronted by a cow or a herd of cows ‒ or deer, a canine, or any animal ‒ most of our spooky horses don’t wind up in a ditch. Nonetheless, spooking at different animals could be harmful for horse and rider and it’s price coaching your horse to be calm round them. This text provides you suggestions to assist desensitize your horse to cows whether or not you’re a western roper or a weekend path rider.

In fact the principle piece of “tools” it’s good to obtain this are cows! When you don’t personal any steers, perhaps you’ll be able to borrow some, or ship your horse to a farm that does have them, or is subsequent to a herd. So long as you’ll be able to management the scenario, you and your horse can safely be taught to stay with the sight, noise, and scent of cattle.