I think, like anything else, ensuring a positive experience will lower the tension next time... If it were me, I'd tie him for meals and untie him when he's done, before he can get into trouble. If you did that, it'd be three tries a day, and if nothing goes wrong, I'd think after a few days he'd be well on his way to relaxing about it.
That's pretty much what I have in mind to do. I should have been doing this all winter...:)
Becky
This drive my husband nuts - but since I used to do it as a kid - I can't say much - except - this is truly a "dead broke" horse!!!
Hope everyone is having a nice spring - we've been so busy here - I haven't posted lately - hope to catch up when we're done with school/ sports/ etc. and enter "summer" mode :)