Well, we spent 3 hours sacking my young horse out last Sunday. I actually went with the intention of riding her, but she was being so spooky that I decided she needed a good sacking out. She is a serious HARD HEAD!

She got over mostly everything pretty quickly, with the exception of the tarp. She never did truly give in to it, she just exhausted herself...so, I went with immersion therapy--I hung tarps on the two open sides of her stall. She spent HOURS standing in the corner, pawing, rearing, prancing, spinning, screaming, etc. Went to lunch, came back, nothing changed. I was worried that she would work herself into a colic, but she FINALLy settled down. I came back to the barn around 9:30 p.m., and she was finally brave enough to come to the front of the stall for a treat, and touch the tarp with her nose. It's Thursday now, and the tarp is still there...she's perfectly relaxed with it now, but still freaks a little if the wind blows it or someone moves it. We're getting there slowly but surely...