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The gelding hesitated for a second as a UPS truck bounced down the gravel road in front of the house before he went right back to pacing.

I went on to explain that the more sensitive the horse is, the more aware we must be of when he is trying to do what we are asking. If we miss the sensitive horse’s offer, and we keep asking, or in this horse’s case, pushing, he becomes confused, which very quickly turns into worry and then turns to fear.

“It’s like having a pot of water on the stove,” I said. “If there’s no heat under the pot, you can confidently put your hand in the water and know you won’t get burned. But the more heat you put under the pot, the hotter and less inviting the water gets. Once the water starts to boil, there’s no way you’d be able to get your hand in the pot.”

Laddy stopped briefly once again, this time looking in our direction, but then went right back to pacing.

“This horse’s fear is like the water in that pot,” I continued, “because inadvertently he has had constant and continual heat kept on him, the water keeps boiling, and because of that, we can’t get our hand in the pot.”