June 1
My hany stick is a tool that helps in my training program. It is a way that I can
touch and move a horse without being to close. It is an extension of my arm,
that keeps me out of harms way when I first start working with a horse. In the picture I'm rubbing it on her to desensitize her to it. She did not like it at first because she has not been handled much in her life. Now, it does not bother her at all. I can rub any area of her body with it and I can swing the rope on the end of the handy stick all over her body. This is key to starting a horse. They must be able to be touched everywhere. It is called desensitizing. Later in life, when someone puts a saddle on her back and gets ready to ride, it won't matter what kind of saddle, girths or straps that are hanging off the saddle because she was desensitized
to it. You can't just do it once, even if she passed with flying colors, you need to desensetize your horse often.
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