Helping a Sacked Out Horse Reconnect 

Glad that was helpful!

Thank you!

@@JoshNicholAHorsemansPursuit you are welcome Nannette

The horses actions combined with our awareness lead us to connection!

@Josh Nichol A Horseman's Pursuit Well said. By the way, your methods are SO enjoyable, educational, and pure joy to put into practice. Thank you for taking the time to share your approach. My passion has been to work with horses, and to always broaden my knowledge base.

Great question. A sacked-out horse is a horse that will stand there as the pressure is being applied but is not ok within themselves. They know they need to stand still but they are tense and anxious on the inside. Although they may not move when the desensitizing pressures are being applied they are still not relaxed and will still spook and run from pressure in fear. The biggest problem of all is that they build like a pressure tank. They know they need to stand still but are not ok, the tension builds and builds till something happens and they have a big explosion. People will often say that it came out of nowhere but the tension was building under the surface the whole time. When a horse learns to control the pressure mentally, nothing is building within, the horse will be relaxed within and calm on the outside because they processed through the pressure. They are then learning to control the pressure rather than store their fear within.