1. Spoiled Horse? Think it matters or not?
2. Don’t Get Burned When Selecting a Horse To Buy.
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1. Spoiled Horse?
Andy Curry talks about spoiling your horse…. listen in:
Is it okay to spoil your horse?
That depends.
There’s nothing wrong with giving your horse the best in foot care, quality hay and supplements, etc.
That’s the kind of spoiling that’s not only ‘ok’…but it’s actually the thing to do.
What I’m talking about is allowing a horse to do whatever he wants.
Here’s what I mean.
I’ve seen many a horse owner allow their horse to walk right up to ’em, crowd ’em, get in their face, push ’em around, scare ’em.
That’s a spoiled a horse.
Thing is, if the horse owner wouldn’t allow their kids to do stuff like that, why would they allow their horse to?
Heck if I know.
Some people ask, ‘Well…what’s so wrong about letting them come up to you, give you little kisses, and so on?’
First, a horse has at least 10 times our strength.
Second, their reflexes are 5 times faster than a world champion boxer’s reflexes.
That’s FAST!!!
And if you have a horse crowding your space and something spooks him, there’s a great probability that your horse is going to run right over you.
His reflexes allow him to react so fast, he will have knocked you down, stomped on you, and be gone before your brain realizes what just happened.
That is NOT an exaggeration.
For that very reason, I rarely invite a horse into my space.
Not only that, I’m always very aware of my surroundings with a horse.
I’m careful to put myself by him where if he spooks or kicks or whatever, that I’m unlikely to get hurt or the injury would be as minimal as possible.
One of the tricks to this is to always leave an open door for your horse.
That means, for instance, don’t put him between you and wall where he can’t quickly move out if he panics.
He should be able to easily escape the pressure while not running over you.
But this spoiled horse syndrome doesn’t stop there.
If you let a horse get away with pushing you around and not doing what you say, then you will have trouble training him.
In essence, you wouldn’t allow it from your kids – don’t allow it from your horse.
Now let me ask you this.
Being a parent, you love your kids…right?
Yes.
You want the best for them, right?
Yes.
Allowing them to do whatever they want, when they want is not good for them, right?
Right.
So, it’s our job as parents to show them what’s right and wrong and to instill manners…right?
Yes.
That’s also what we must do with our horses.
One of the problems is horse owners don’t always know what’s acceptable and safe behavior from their horse.
Plus, they’re not sure how to correct the wrong behavior and teach them to respect space and to have manners.
If you knew what to do, you could easily teach it, right?
Yes.
Since manners and respect of space are so critical, that is why we feature Paul Esh.
Paul is the very first trainer we featured and his video is about Respect of Space and manners.
If you want to learn how Paul does it, he’s a pretty dang good teacher – and you can learn it from his video.
You might consider taking a look at it.
To see it, click on the following:
Paul is really good at fixing problem horses and knows what he’s talking about.
And wait’ll you the wild mustang he was working with in the video – it’s a good lesson in horsemanship.
Another good manners teacher is Diana Quintana who we feature.
You might consider looking into her video as well.
To see it, click the following:
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2. Don’t Get Burned When Selecting a Horse To Buy.
First-time buyers are vulnerable. ‘Tis true with many things… if you don’t have the knowledge or experience to make a wise decision then you are possibly setting yourself up for a bad choice and possibly lots of problems and expenses.
This is especially true when you’re buying your first horse.
Look at it this way… why would you gamble hundreds or thousands of dollarsfor the initial purchase when it could cost you many thousands more to fix or care for the problems the horse may have?
What if the horse has a completely different disposition than what you need?
What if it is lame or has serious medical problems?
What are the true costs of keeping a horse? Boarding, feed, vet costs, shoes, tack, and on and on?
Don’t gamble on your decision… and don’t make a selection based on those big eyes you see in what you think may be your dream horse!
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Ok.. that’s it for today.
Stay safe out there….
Charlie
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