Hi! I live in a place where my neighbors are always riding their ATVS or Motorbikes or playing with their remote controll cars. They do this every day and sometimes almost all day. My horse always gets afriad of their remote controll cars and she gets agitated when they start the motorbikes and ATVS. I've had her here for almost a year now and she still gets agitated and afraid. I have another horse and she seems ok with the noise. She still gets a little agitated but not as much as her pal. Will she eventully get used to them or should I move away to another place?

Tuscany

Horses are often skittish around sounds that they are not familiar with. Like people, every horse is different. Some are more skittish then others and need time to adapt to their surroundings. Getting a horse used to a new sound takes lots of time and consistent effort.

My guess (only because I am not there) is that the horse cannot see the ATVs but she can hear the sound. She is probably spooking because she does not have any warning of what is coming. To get her used to the sound, put the sound where she can see what is making it. But start small. Start with the remote control car. Don't run the car near her legs, but at a distance, where she can see the car and hear the sound. Talk to her in a soothing fashion, reassure her that everything is ok. Then as she becomes more and more confortable with that, go bigger. Never getting any of the ATV's too close. But where she can see them.

Then be sure to put signs up on the trail so that riders are aware that there are horses near by.

maddie63

no dont move she'll just have to learn to get used to it like my horse in his paddock we have hay in the paddock and tarpoleon over it that on a windy day it would just flap flap FLAP, now we jump over the hay and hes fine with it!!!
and sometimes mares are a bit more agitated than geldings.
but also again she might not get used to it????
good luck