“It’s Important To Be Strict With Your Horse!”
Have you hear the old saying:
“Look at a person’s kids
and you’ll know what their
horses are like?”
Here’s what it means.
Generally speaking, it refers to how well
the horse owner keeps their horses “in line”.
In other words, would you allow your
child to back-talk you?
No.
That being so, you wouldn’t allow your
horse to back-talk you.
But obviously, horse’s don’t speak.
So what is the equivalent of back
talk from a horse?
An example would be letting the horse
tell you what “he” is going to do.
Or, maybe nudges you with his nose
and pushes on you.
Those things are unacceptable and
should never be allowed.
Why?, you ask…
Because it’s a respect issue.
What’s important about respect?
This.
If you don’t have it, you better
not be riding your horse.
If your horse doesn’t follow your
leadership, then you aren’t the leader – the
horse is.
And if you’re out on the trail
confronted with a hazardous situation where
your life is in danger because you can’t control
your horse…your horse will do what “he” wants…
“Not What YOU want!”
Is that an important difference?
Dang right it is!
This is a partnership and you better be
the lead partner.
You better be the one who says when
he can leave when you take off the halter.
You better be the one who says he
can trot when it’s time to trot.
And so on.
Thus, you must practice being strict
with what you want from you horse.
There is no maybe.
There is no going left when you asked
him to go right.
Strict!
And if you don’t get it from him, put
the pressure on enough that you DO get it from
him.
Strict.
Bein’ strict isn’t being a bully.
And bein’ strict isn’t about abusing
your horse in any way – ever!
Bein’ strict is about your safety and
enjoyment of the horse.
You can be strict and loving at the
same time. It’s a lot like parenting.
But that begs the question of:
“But how do you know what kinds of
things you should expect from your
horse?”
Great question – I’m glad I asked it. 🙂
You simply have to learn what’s appropriate
and what isn’t. There’s lots to it.
But it’s something you can easily learn if
you don’t know.
One of the best examples I have “EVER” seen
is from Danie and Doug Hewlett.
Their DVD shows how to teach reining to a
horse.
If you want to read about it click the
following:
Even though they show you how to teach your
horse reining, there’s a lot of info about what you
should expect from your horse.
For instance, Doug Hewlett just hates it
when his horse is rude.
The second his horse gets rude, he corrects
him.
Because Doug understands the problem that
comes from a horse allowed to rude, he nips it in
the bud immediately.
As long as you’re fair and not letting your horse
be rude…you get far better results.
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Ok.. that’s it for today.
Work with your horses – but please do it safely.
Charlie
P.S. Basic training and teaching your horse good manners,
control, doing what you ask, etc. is the only way to
safely ride.
That’s one of the primary reasons we offer the famous
8 Volume Jesse Beery Illustrated Course in Horse Training.
If you need to train a colt, do basic training on your
horse or fix a whole bunch of problems, it’s all covered
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