1. Horses and the Class Clown
2. Handling and Training Problem Horses
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1. Horses and the Class Clown
Here’s Andy Curry comparing the Class Clown to handling horses:
Did your graduating class have the
proverbial class clown?
Mine did.
He wasn’t serious about too many things – especially school.
In our Calculus class, the teacher would turn his back
to write on the chalk board. When he did, the class clown
would cough and sound like a 6 year old little girl coughing.
Truth told it was FUNNY!!!
Teacher didn’t think it was.
Anyway, the teacher got pretty fired up at him one day\
and straightened him out big time.
It wasn’t long before the class clown’s grades were very good.
The question is, how did that happen?
I believe the teacher took a stance
and made the class clown shape up.
The teacher demanded respect.
The funny thing is, that did wonders
for the student.
Because he learned to respect the
teacher, he began listening and then applying himself.
He soon learned although the teacher
was tough…he was fair.
The class clown applied himself and became
one of the best students in the class.
Interestingly, that’s how it’s gonna be with you and your horses.
Until you’ve established it, you’re
gonna have trouble with your horse.
Established what?
That you’re the leader.
You MUST resolve all respect issues
on the ground. Then you can teach the horse different things.
When I interviewed Sam Burrell, one of
the questions I asked him was: What is one of the biggest
mistakes you see people make with horses?
His answer was:
‘Leadership is not established’
If you think about it, that’s so true.
One of the problems is, horse owners don’t
always know what disrespect looks like.
As an example, you may be standing there by your
horse and he nudges you with his nose.
Some people call that cute.
I say the horse is telling you to move.
That’s something you should not allow.
And here’s a profound insight that Sam said to me during his interview.
He said: You don’t know what a horse
really thinks of you until you try to ride him.
Amen to that!
Sam’s a sharp trainer. If you haven’t seen his info yet,
I suggest you take a look right now.
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2. Handling and Training Problem Horses
If you are like a lot of horse owners (and parents!) you tend to
put up with a lot disrespect from your horses.
It may start as little things – like crowding you, nipping at you,
won’t stand while you mount, etc.
Or, it may be huge, dangerous things like kicking, rearing,
spooking and running out of control.
Either way, it can leave you feeling pretty discouraged and
lots of times scared.
It’s especially bad when you had a dream of owning a horse,
enjoying the companionship, enjoying grooming, caring and riding
your horse and used to look forward to spending time with him.
But when the horse is in control it starts to sour.
Many decide to sell or trade their horses and frequently find
out they’re just trading problem for problem.
Fixing problem horses can be very rewarding. If you can take
one issue at a time, work on it, fix it and then move on to the
next thing. In so doing you are establishing confidence in
yourself and in your horse.
Over time, you start to enjoy and look forward to spending time
and working on all those pesky issues because you know you’ll
be able to solve them. Your outlook changes to one of
“I can do that – I can fix that” and you start working on it.
Here’s a word of caution:
Only work on one thing at a time. Make sure your horse understands
what he’s supposed to do and reward him for right results. Otherwise,
you’ll end up confusing him and things won’t get better.
Clear, simple lessons. Get the right result. Praise. Repeat.
OK? No figure out the most pressing problem, study and understand
how you’re going to fix and make time to work on it.
If you only do one thing in the next week, that’s one
thing closer to you dream horse. It IS worth the effort!
If you need help knowing what to do – check out our Jesse Beery
course, our DVDs and the Pulley Bridle.
That’s why we exist: to offer resources to help you fix your horse problems.
If you have some real breakthroughs, write and let me know about it.
Sharing successes with others helps all of us.
http://www.HorseTrainingResources.com
All the best…. stay safe around your horses!
Charlie
