From the neck up

“Head shy” means the horse won’t allow you to touch his head (“Overcoming Head Shyness,” Conversations, EQUUS 451). Therefore, you need to work up to rubbing the horse on the forehead. It is better to start lower, as far away as the withers, and work up toward the head. The most important thing is to keep your hand on the horse, no matter how much he tries to get away from you. It helps if the handler is tall and the horse is short, as in the photographs, but that usually is not the case. Barbara Kinsey Prince George, British Columbia