How do I get my horse to get over his fear??

Question

my horse is afraid of goats and steers, but I wanted to teach him to rope and barrel race..how do I get him to get over his fear?

Answer 1

what i would do is keep on taking him up to the goats and just keep pushing him on until he dosent mind them or you could just get a trainer

hope i helped!

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Answer 2

What you must do it to walk him past the goats and steers with you in between if he starts to get scared talk to him remember this might take a couple of weeks or so when he does it reward him with a pat,a treat and a good boy or girl as he starts getting less afraid of them start bringing him closer and eventually you not in the middle anymore

when he is really good you may want to try riding him past or if you can even introoducing him to a steer or goat

Answer 3

The easiest way is to put him in a pen adjoining the steer or goat pens. Do NOT put him in the same pen as steers and goats...too much can go wrong.

Make sure his pen is big enough that he can get far enough away to be comfortable.  If there is a shelter in his pen that he can get into and not see the steers/goats, even better so he has a safe haven.  

Leave him in that pen for however long it takes for him to get used to them -- probably about 2 weeks or so.  Then start riding him through the goat and steer pens...that way he is under your control and gets used to seeing them up close while you are riding (which is what will eventually happen when you compete).

Answer 4

keep your horse in a very small pen filled with goats and steers, the horse will either get over it or die in a fight to the death.

Answer 5

you need trainer