The more I read, the more sure I am of the immense value of scentwork to horses. Eason has been a wonderful teacher to me as I seek out ways to help her find comfort when she worries.
I've added a couple of videos here for those interested in our journey.
The first is a general one with some background information on scentwork. It shows the horse who started it all (thank you, Val!) as well as tells the story of Kevlar, a young horse who's not yet comfortable with tarps and who is beginning to explore on his own. It ends with the inimitable Sam, my scentwork guinea pig (thank you, Ellen!) who loves to topple cones and upend buckets as he seeks out his favorite goodies.
The second one is a video of Eason as she progresses from the first day she arrived, when she had a panic attack out in the Shadow Rose "outnabout" (an area of little trails behind the dressage arena), to recently, where she showed some significant self-management in the round pen as gardeners pruned in the background and even leapt up and down to compact cut shrubbery on a big trailer to the side.
Also, I apologize for my awful video editing skills. 😬 I'm working on figuring out iMovie.
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