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This course focuses on de-spooking your horse using gentle, reward-based training that builds trust and connection. You’ll learn the science behind fear and learning, and how to help your horse become calmer, more confident, and less reactive, teaching them to look to you for reassurance when they feel unsure. Through step-by-step practical videos, you’ll work through progressive exercises that start with simple foundations at home and build toward relaxed responses to a wide range of objects and situations. You’ll also learn how to manage moments when your horse goes over threshold, and how to safely bring them back to calm. The course includes a variety of real training examples, as well as ridden de-spooking exercises, giving you a complete, practical approach.