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I take another step forward. Now the hose is spraying Geo’s body. Notice that I am leading him with my left hand and spraying with my right. I want him to be moving for these first few touches with the spray. If I’m directing his movement back and forth in front of me, I’m still in control. If he is standing still and I go at him with the spray, then I will likely be trying to manage a hose and a scared horse on the end of the lead. Although in the end you want your horse to stand quietly, don’t try to get him to remain still in the beginning; Allow and encourage some movement. If a horse is scared and you confine him, he will go into self-preservation mode. That means he will first freeze to build up to an explosion and then try to get out of there with flight—and if he can’t, he will fight. Avoid all of that with a method that starts with planned movement to dissipate the need for the powerful engine of survival to kick in.