| A barn sour horse is simply a horse that has grown | | | | Solutions |
| too comfortable and accustomed to the barn. When | | | | There is no hard and fast way to fix a barn sour |
| this happens, a horse may refuse to leave the barn no | | | | horse's attitude. Once it has become sour, it will stay |
| matter how hard you try to bring it out. This can be a | | | | that way until deal with it. The best way to handle this |
| big problem for you. You may be unable to accomplish | | | | sourness is with the use of gentle transition training and |
| any work with your horse or you may not be able to | | | | movement away from the barn. You may for |
| enjoy the long leisure rides that you've been looking | | | | example attempt to move your horse away from but |
| forward to after acquiring the horse. | | | | still near the barn. From this short distance, you can |
| Causes | | | | begin asking your horse to perform a few basic tasks. |
| The main reason why horses become bound to the | | | | This will help both beef up his confidence and gradually |
| barn or stable is because they find it a place of | | | | focus his attention away from the barn. Do this on a |
| comfort and respite. The barn is also a place of safety | | | | daily basis but gradually put more distance between |
| and security, away from aggressive animals or | | | | the barn and the horse. |
| demanding humans. Some experts would suggest that | | | | You can also try to delay barn gratification. This simply |
| barn sour horses are actually insecure horses and that | | | | means not putting your horse immediately in the barn |
| they derive confidence and security from the barn. | | | | after a long ride or training. When you do get to the |
| Consequences | | | | barn, you can also ask the horse to perform a few |
| The major consequence will be a horse's pronounced | | | | more tasks before providing food and rest. This is a |
| unwillingness to be handled in any way. A related | | | | good way of gently breaking your horse's association |
| consequence is that you and your horse could both | | | | between the barn and comfort. |
| suffer injury if you try to force you way on the horse. | | | | Working with a barn sour horse is never easy. It is |
| If you are not patient and take steps to force your | | | | however, something which you may not be able to |
| horse to perform or behave, you risk having a large | | | | avoid. If you have this type of horse, you have to deal |
| unruly horse that is bucking or kicking. This bad | | | | with it. Otherwise, your horse will be of little use and |
| behavior could easily result in injury to bystanders, the | | | | prove dangerous. |
| horse or you when the horse starts to act up. | | | | |