LOL, that reminds of the time I wanted to get Rusty use to flapping bags. The horse I had before him was terrified of plastic flapping things. I had trash bags hung all over the place, but she would never get over it.
So one day with Rusty, who I was bound and determined to get him use to it I decided to tie them to the saddle. I first let him sniff it and ran it over him, then I tied it to the saddle and let it go. Wellllll....it was a very windy day, and the darn thing filled up with air like a balloon, and it was a big bad. I knew the minute I stepped away, that wasn't the best thing to do:), but he was running around the tree he was tied to and I couldn't get close to stop it or him. So I went in the house. Came back about 10 minutes later and he was standing there quietly with this huge bag blowing. It probably wasn't the best way to go about doing it, but it worked.
Becky
Heh... Bay suspects I will kill him with a plastic bag one day.... I think he'd have a heart attack if I tied one to him ;~D
Speaking of sacking out, Cindy.... there are different philosophies, but it is a method for desensitizing horses to something that frightens them, either through slow quiet patient calming with the thing, or through just confronting them with the thing, not letting them escape, and showing them that their fears amounted to nothing... like Backy tying the bag on Rusty. The trainer we took this pony to climbed on her the first day and got tossed, so she tied a sack full of cans on her in the round pen and let her buck it out until she wore out. Her idea was that it taught her bucking doesn't work, stopping is the only thing that would quiet those cans.... Well, it at least wore her down. She did make progress from there on out. ;~D