Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nine Mile Falls, Washington
• Horses: 0
It sounds like she doesn't have any sense of space when it comes to humans.
I'd start by doing LOTS AND LOTS of ground work to establish yourself, and your circle.
You say she isn't scared... well. If she's running towards you to get away from the water, then she's either: A. Uncomfortable, or.. B. Flat out scared.
Now, tricks I use when working with my spooky mare, is if she spooks, and enters my space I back her, while at the same time, moving her rump, thus effectively getting her out of my space, and having her to think.
Desensitising her would be a good way to go. And a lot of times, a horse will calm down if they have a chance to see what it is you are spraying around them. If you put a slow stream of water to their neck where their peripheral vision can see it, they calm down easier because they see it, and realize it's not going to eat them.