How To Eliminate Horse Training Frustrations
Andy Curry interviewed and filmed professional trainer J.J. Rydberg:
Is your horse fluent in the English language?
Of course not.
How silly, huh?
But just think if he was.
If your horse could speak and understand the English language like
you and I speak and understand it, do you think your horse would
easily understand what you want him to do?
Yep!
Truth is, horses speak their own language and
don’t know ours.(Except for voice cues)
Since we can’t have a conversation
with the horse to explain what we want, then we have to show
him what we want using his innate thinking.
You see, when you ask a horse to do
something, he’s desperately trying to figure it out.
In your mind you may be thinking, ‘Cross your left foot over in
front of your right and move your forequarters and pivot on your back leg.’
But in his mind, he hears you clucking to him. He knows you
want him to move. That’s really all he knows.
And if you keep clucking to him he’s kind of searching for a
way to please you so you will leave him alone.
And you NEVER leave him alone until you get him doing the
thing you wanted – otherwise, he’ll learn to do the wrong thing.
So, the point about getting frustrated
with horses is this.
They don’t communicate like us humans.
They’re trying to figure out what you want.
And until they DO figure it out, they’ll keep making a
mistake until they get it right.
Making mistakes is okay. We just eventually want them
to do what we ask.
But it’s the mistakes we must be patient with and forgive.
Sure, it may be frustrating because he’s not gettin’ it…
but he will.
And if he’s just not getting it, then it’s our job to figure
out a way for him to understand.
Set him up for success.
Set him up to understand what you want. Make it as brain
ead simple-to-get as possible.
Just keep pidlin’ with him until he gets it.
And that is the professional advice straight from
one of our featured trainers:
J.J. Rydberg
One point I want to make is that trainers don’t get a horse
doing exactly what they ask right away either.
Sometimes, the horse just won’t get it.
But a seasoned trainer has a ‘Bag of tricks’
he or she uses that work. And not every little trick
works with every horse.
You just try something else if something isn’t working.
It’s that simple.
That’s also one of the biggest reasons I started filming trainers.
I wanted you to learn from as many horse trainers as possible
because the valuable tips you pick up are priceless if you’re
a serious horse owner.
J.J. Rydberg’s video is a great example of valuable information
that nearly every horse owner should learn from.
If you want to read about J.J., click on the following:
Enjoy your weekend… work with your horses… do it all safely!
Charlie
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