Flooding Vs. Desensitizing Your Horse

Over the years, Blessi has taught me that helping a horse to overcome a scary situation can be done in two different ways. Systematic desensitization chunks down the situation and gradually introduces the scary item (Blessi prefers treats being involved) in stages acceptable to the horse. Flooding involves overwhelming the horse with the stimuli to until the horse shuts down and does what the human wants. Here's a great explanation of the two methods and why only one of them is Blessi-approved.