1. “Are You Sure Your Horse Understands YOU?”
2. Jesse Beery on RFDTV Sunday, Feb. 22nd
(and we’re celebrating by offering some specials!)
3. Letters from our readers you can learn from.
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1. “Are You Sure Your Horse Understands YOU?”
If you’ve been riding long you no doubt have had a
horse not do something you asked him to do….or
perhaps he just balked.
Perhaps when you asked he just stood there
and you thought quietly to yourself:
“Stupid horse!”
Now be honest – ever said that or thought it?
It’s a typical reaction for us “intelligent”
humans.
But the real issue is “Why did he not do it?”
Jesse Beery made a very wise statement about
this issue in his books:
“When a horse balks it is seldom
from any unwillingness to do all
that he understands.”
Do you understand the wisdom in that quote?
If you learn anything in this email then
understand this:
Beery said “seldom” a horse is unwilling
to do all he understands.
In other words – your horse is almost
always willing to do what you ask –
IF he understands what your asking!!
This one tip could be a breakthrough for
you and your horse starting today.
It’s pretty much that simple.
So what do you do?
You take time – explain what you want.
It often takes time and patience.
The whole idea is to teach and train him
and set up your horse to succeed.
Make it EASY for your horse to do what you ask.
Life is so much better for you and your horse
when you take the time to help him understand!
My friend Andy Curry once wrote the following
about this:
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“That brings me to the 4 reasons a horse
won’t do what you ask.
1) Mismanagement
This takes the form of working against
your horse’s nature. An example would
be applying too much pressure.
2) Excitement
The horse may get wound up and be consumed
with excitement. An example here is something getting
your horse’s attention, perhaps spooking him, and
it excites his nature.
3) Confusion
The horse is overwhelmed with not knowing
what’s going on. An example here would be teaching
a horse to pull.
The horse may so anxious to pull that when
he hears the command to pull he starts with a jump.
When he does, it doesn’t move the load he’s
pulling.
Yet the teamster is behind him screaming and
yelling “STEP!! STEP!!” and crackin’ a whip
behind him.
Now the horse is so badly balked and confused
that he doesn’t know what’s the matter.
The thing is, the horse was obviously willing
to move. It’s just he didn’t know how to pull.
He got jerked back. But what a mistake the
driver makes by cracking a whip and ballyhooin’.
If your horse should get punished for that,
then perhaps he should be punished for not knowing how
to speak English too.
4) Not knowing how to do something.
We’ve already covered that.
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Make sense?
This, along with dozens and dozens of other insights,
is what makes the Jesse Beery Course books so valuable.
Yeah – it’s 100 years old and some of the wording is
a bit different than how we talk today.
But the content of the Beery manual is like a goldmine
of horse training wisdom and very effective methods.
You can read a lot more about Jesse Beery here:
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/beery.html
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2. Jesse Beery on RFDTV Sunday, Feb. 22nd
(and we’re celebrating by offering some specials!)
Jesse Beery ALERT:
Special show on RFDTV – Rick Lamb’s
“The Horse Show” airs a program about
Jesse Beery.
It showed on Feb. 17th and will be
repeated on Feb. 22nd – Sunday.
It will be on at 8 AM EST – 5 AM PST.
Check your schedule.
It’s a good show to watch – you might
want to set it up to record it if you can.
Beery Specials:
We’ve set up a special Jesse Beery page and are offering
a 15% discount on all Jesse Beery items – or items that
include the Jesse Beery books, bridle or 4-Way Bit.
Even our complete Professional Training DVD Library that
includes the Beery Course is included in the discount
(a package that is already discounted over 45% and you can
get an additional 15% off during this special!)
Go here to see all the Beery stuff on one page:
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/Jesse_Beery_Horsemanship.html
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3. Letters from our readers – you can learn from these!
“The Best $$ I Ever Spent”
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“Charlie,
For the past 4 years I have been involved with the
training of a spirited gelding. Very smart but has
a tendency to take advantage of any opportunity.
What brought me to the Beery books was a desperate
search for one last chance for this guy.
Yes the sale barn was the next step. I picked up
on the subjection idea and this past week has
seen a distinct change of attitude.
I have been using a blend of several of the well
known clinicians methods and have spent hundreds
of dollars and countless hours training and riding
this guy to the point my wife scolds me that I
never ride anything else.
I have made this gelding a holy quest.
The best $$ I ever spent.
Regards
Don M. CA”
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Read Kathy’s note below….
Generations of horse trainers speaks volumes!
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“Hi Charlie,
This is in response to “Anyone who has used the
Berry training methods testimonies”. Although I
can’t say as though I have used his yet,
But I wanted you to know that I was looking for ideas
on how to train a colt and or work with my 5 year
old to improve the habits. This was how I became
familiar with your site.
My Great grandfather was a horseman, my grandfather
was a horseman, my father was and is a horseman,
my husband is a horseman along with many uncles,
brothers and sisters. As we talk and share…the
ideas are the pretty much the same. A tweak or two
here and there with each personality or each
individual horse.
My point is to confirm what you said
about the 100 year old methods.
The comment has been made that we
(the family through generations),
use to do it this way or this is the way
I would do it.
But now days the horse trainers do things with
different methods. Then I am left on my own to
figure it out and do what is good for my horse.
When I tried to get my 5 yr old to go across the
stream, it was just like you explained it for
going over or across something.
Doing what I had been told by relations and
reading of such books and articles, I eased her across.
She balked at first but with trust, sniff and smell,
not scratch and sniff, although that might work too,
She jumped over the stream.
I was proud as could be.
We did it again and again.
Each time was smoother and exciting.
My father taught me to rein a horse in a circle
if it was not doing what I would ask.
Not beat it. Just pull it in a circle and show
them that we need to respect each other
and have fun together.
You are right! Horses are still horses.
The horn has not become a joy stick.
Thank you for your resources.
Kathy”
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Beery vs. Parelli?
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“Hey Charlie how are you,
I have always been good with horses – you do get that
stubborn one and that is where your books came in handy
for me .
I have a two year old that is bomb proof after
trying some of the stuff in Prof. Berry’s book she
will follow me threw hell if I want her to .
You have your Parelli fans. I know one that is a
Level 2 – um what is that I asked – is that like a
brown belt? She got mad.
I took her out to see my horse and showed her what
I had accomplished in a short while . I told her that
even Parelli had to learn from someone – she agreed
with me .
She has spent so much money on lessons from Parelli
and has not got as far I did in one month.
So thank you for your books.
Buddy”
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(On price alone it would be worth trying Beery first!)
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Whew! long email – thanks for hanging in there to the end!
Stay safe with your horses.
Charlie
P.S. Are you thinking of becoming a professional horse
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