Do some tarp work. Stretch one out on the ground and practice walking, then trotting him over it. Make sure you weight down the corners to start with so it won't blow up and scare him. After he's used to it, it won't matter. The next fun thing to do is to hang one up somewhere that's been cut into strips and send him through it. I always want to desensitize mine to gunshots too. Tennessee's pretty good about it since I've ridden him on field trials before, but I haven't done any of the others. You never know when you're gonna run up on somebody hunting when you're out riding. Bicycles and backpackers are another biggie. We run into them fairly often out on our trails.
Hey, thanks for the tips. I'm going to Wal mart today:). I'll pick up a few tarps.
Oh this is going to be fun:)
Becky