How A ‘Safe Place’ Creates Horse Training Success
Have you ever heard that saying,
“Go to your happy place!” ?
In the past, people have used that
saying to help themselves deal with stress
or just to meditate on.
Of course the happy place is an
imagined place in your mind that brings
you tranquility.
In might be near water falls in the
mountains. Maybe a beach. Whatever works
for you.
A happy place is a safe place. A safe
place is a happy place.
For a horse, a safe and happy place is
when the pressure is “NOT” on.
What do I mean?
This.
When you ask a horse to do something
you apply pressure which may be in the form
a leg aid, a voice command, waving your arms,
or whatever.
A Golden Rule is to always leave an
open door for your horse to escape the pressure.
Very quickly he’ll learn what to do
when you apply a certain kind of pressure.
How does he learn it?
Simple.
He’s sort of like us in that he wants
to be at a happy place too.
His happy place, among others, is away
from pressure.
When he gets left alone, he’s away from
pressure.
And he starts to figure out what he’s
gotta do to get you to leave him alone.
Then he can go to his happy place.
I’ve NEVER seen it better demonstrated
than by one of our trainers named
Linda Braddy.
If you wanna know how to get your horse
to understand what you want, check her video out.
It couldn’t be more clear. Your horse will
quickly learn his “happy place”.
To read about Linda and her video, go to:
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-brady.html
Pretty soon, your horse will learn to look
for his happy (safe) place. Linda calls this a
self-disciplined horse.
Pretty cool.
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-brady.html
OK – Go forth. Work with your horse. Do it safely.
Charlie
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One of Jesse Beery’s more famous training aids he
developed was his Pulley Bridle. He refers to
it multiple times throughout his course.
We have taken his original design and improved upon
it in many ways and now offer what we call the
“Beery Pulley Bridle”.
You can see it here:
http://horsetrainingresources.com/bridle.html
We also offer the bridle and the Beery course
as a discounted bundle if you want both.
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