Charlie from www.HorseTrainingResources.com here….
“Airplane Bomb Threat and
Communicating With Our Horses!”
On January 4, 1993, a Trans Air
flight was forced to return to Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
Why?
Because a German passenger said to
the flight attendant:
‘The roof will fly if I sit down’
Think about that for a minute. Put
yourself in the attendants shoes. Whaddya
suppose the German passenger was saying?
The attendant thought the passenger
was saying the roof of the plane would somehow explode.
So…the passenger was arrested and
took to trial. It was at trial that translators
discovered the saying ‘The roof will fly’ is slang for…
‘My bladder is about to burst!’
Imagine! The industry was ready to
hang this man because of a miscommunication.
So that got me thinking about
mis-communication with horses.
One type of ‘mis-communication’ is
naming a horse that sounds much like a command.
For instance, if you call your horse
‘Joe’ (and I’ve known some horses named that)
it’s so similar to ‘whoa’. Every time the
horse’s name is said, he will be ‘whoa-ing’.
Imagine the rider out on the trail and
he’s feelin’ good about his horse and he
pets him and says ‘Good boy Joe’.
The horse hears the ‘ O ‘ sound and
assumes ‘whoa’ – so he stops. Little
wonder the horse was confused.
Commands can confuse too. Every
verbal command should sound different
from the other.
For instance, if you’re riding and you
want your horse to slow down, I wouldn’t
choose the word ‘slow’ because it sounds
so much like ‘whoa’.
Choose a different one like ‘easy’.
Miscommunication happens between horse
and rider with the reins too…it’s not just verbal.
I know of horses who’s mouths were punished
while being ridden…and when the horse stopped
his mouth wasn’t being punished.
Thus, the horse knew that to move meant pain in
the mouth. So being in the horse’s shoes why
would you move if you’re being hurt? It’s better
and more pleasant to stay put.
So the lesson of the day is this:
We are like the passenger on the plane.
We must communicate clearly and intently
so we don’t get in trouble.
The horse is like the airline attendant –
she interpreted the passenger’s comment as
she understood it.
Likewise, horses interpret in the way
they know how. So it’s up to us, the rider
and trainer, to make sure communication is clear –
or just like the passenger…we can get into
unnecessary trouble.
The best example of communication I can think of
is what Linda Braddy reveals.
You can read more about it at:
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-brady.html
There are mountains of ways to communicate with horses.
Often, people are shocked to discover that what they
think they’re communicating to their horse creates t
he exact opposite reaction they want from their horse.
If you’re not getting what you want from your horse,
it could be because you’re not communicating the
right thing to your horse.
Be sure to communicate the “right answer”
to your horse so he knows EXACTLY what you want.
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-brady.html
That’s it for this issue…. stay safe out there.
Charlie
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I got a nice note from Linda a couple days ago:
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“Charlie,
I enjoy every bit of the information I get from
your e-mails. I have learned alot. I even share
them with friends that also appreciate reading them….
……
Thank you for all of the time you put into the resources
that you get to us. I want to wish you and your
family a very Blessed Easter.
Linda”
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