Horse refuses to be saddled - Pet Sense - Part 1 - video Dailymotion

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Lacey, Greta's patrol horse, refuses to be saddled unless she is blindfolded.   Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62vFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollectiveTwitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTVPinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Lacey is Greta's patrol horse for the past 13 years.  She is wonderful with people, kids, and crowd.  However, she becomes a different horse when she sees the saddle.    Segment Producer: Hai-Lam Phan; Associate Producer: Kevin Toomey, Anna Dean; Editor: Tyler Spiers; Graphics: Kate Reynolds

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00:00I'm Greta Hitzman, and my horse's name is Lacey.

00:07I got Lacey about 12 years ago.

00:09A friend of mine bought her from an auction because, you know, I was in the market for

00:12a paint horse around 10 years old, and that's just what he found.

00:15And he's lucky that I like her, because I'm very picky.

00:18I use Lacey on patrol for a local police department, crowd control, parade, parking lot.

00:24And so she's out in the public, she's good with kids, excellent with animals.

00:28Lacey has issues with saddling.

00:32I mean, this is a battle, it's like...

00:40They learn respect.

00:41In our training, you have your space, and they learn not to invade it.

00:44And when that saddle comes out, all that goes right out the window.

00:47She'll plow me down, and not think twice.

00:49Because once the saddle on her isn't the issue, it's the saddle, as soon as she sees it, totally

00:53different animal.

00:54And if I showed somebody, this is a horse that does police work out there, they'd say,

00:59Because she, it's just crazy.

01:00I've tried changing saddles, changing pads, letting her smell it, and rubbing it on her,

01:06doing it slow, from the other side.

01:08I mean, I've absolutely tried everything.

01:11So the only thing that works is covering her eyes, or food.

01:14Voila!

01:15I would imagine when they broke her, whatever, however they did it, ruined her.

01:26If anybody else tried to saddle her, and they're not aware of what happens, I mean, she would

01:31hurt them.

01:32If she were easy to saddle, it would be better for everybody involved.

01:34I mean, people could use her when I'm not using her for deployments, and, you know what

01:38I mean?

01:39She would have a busy life, a happy life.

01:42If it doesn't get remedied, I can't see her being placed, really, anywhere.

01:46And if it gets remedied, she would be exposed to kids that could ride her, because she's

01:51awesome.

01:52Once you're on her back, she's easy to ride.

01:53She's very well-trained.

01:54But that one issue keeps her from being in other people's lives.

01:58I hope the communicator can tell me why she's got these issues, like what was done, and

02:03what we can do to undo it.

02:04If Lacey were to get over this, she would get out more.

02:08She'd be a happier horse.

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