1. Is Your Horse On Edge?
2. Jesse Beery Horse Training on RFD TV
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1. Is Your Horse On Edge?
I hope all is well with you and your horses!
Here’s Andy discussing today’s message:
I’ve received lots of questions from horse
owners that I thought I should answer with this
tip today.
Here it is.
Has this ever happened to you?
In my younger days, about…ohhh..35
years ago…I remember the proverbial bully
picking on people.
As bullies do, he singled out one person
in particular.
The victim (who is now a very prominent
citizen of our town) was a bit different from
all the other kids.
His mannerisms were silly – but it turns
out that’s part of personality and one reason
why people like him so much.
He’s got a great sense of humor – and
did back then.
He loved to have fun and joke around.
But…he has a funny name. At least,
at the time it seemed funny.
It seemed funny because no one else had
a name like his.
Combine his funny name with his mannerisms
and you have the perfect victim for a bully.
His name, by the way, is Staffon.
Anyway, I remember the school bully picking
on him in the hallways.
Poor ol’ Staffon couldn’t go to his locker
without wondering whether or not the school bully
was lurking about…waiting to pounce and embarrass
and humiliate.
I’m quite sure Staffon rarely had the confidence
that he wasn’t going to be picked on.
He got to where he’d hurriedly get his stuff
from his locker and head out.
Why?
His locker was just a couple lockers away
from the school bully.
When I think about that, my heart hurts because
I do not believe the school bully had a clue
as to how terrorized Staffon felt.
It makes me angry thinkin’ about it.
Ain’t no one got a right to terrorize someone
else’s life!
Yet, it happened.
Today I wonder if the school bully has any
remorse about that.
Looking back, does he realize the terror
he struck in his victim?
Does he know how he made Staffon miserable?
Does he know how humiliated Staffon felt as
the bully’s friends nervously laughed as he pushed
Staffon around?
What the bully didn’t realize is how he created
a disdain for himself from a lot of people – people he
never picked on yet they hated his antics and therefore
came to hate him.
The bully was a bully for whatever reason.
At the time, I don’t think he knew how badly
he hurt people.
That’s the thing – he didn’t “know” he hurt
people to the extent he did. (That’s my guess, anyway)
And the moral here is this.
Horses have to have the confidence they aren’t
going to be terrorized either.
That’s why you stop applying pressure once
they move.
Keep applying pressure and they’ll never know
what you want. If the pressure never lets up, they’ll
get confused and soon feel terrorized.
But there’s more.
Heavy hands are a biggee.
Many a horse are not cooperative when flexing
because they’ve been yanked on, jerked, kicked, or whatever.
They’ve likely felt terrorized.
Would you be cooperative if YOU felt terrorized?
You may or may not.
At some point, you may fight back because you
just couldn’t take it anymore.
Horses fight back too.
They do it in their own way that may not seem
like they’re fightin’ back…but they fight back nonetheless.
Now I’m NOT trying to suggest you are intentionally (or
even unintentionally) mean with your horse.
I’m just reminding you to look at this from
your horse’s point of view.
The more confidence your horse has that nothing bad
is going to happen with him when you’re around…the better
the relationship and willingness he offers and the safer
you will therefore be.
The more he learns.
The easier he’ll be to catch.
The less he will crowd your space.
The less dangerous he will be to you.
Yada, yada, yada.
But that doesn’t mean you have to be a “wus” with
him either.
If you’re not sure how firm you need to be with
a horse then use this model – It’s like being a loving
parent to a 6 year old.
You have to be firm but you can’t be a dictator.
Believe it or not, if you’re not firm and you’re
too soft then he gets the confidence of runnin’ you over.
That’s the wrong kind of confidence.
All this confidence talk is one of the greatest
things J.J. Rydberg reveals in his DVD when we filmed
him.
If you want to read about him, click on the following:
Read More About J.J. Rydberg HERE
Here’s another thing to think about.
It is VITAL you know whether or not the horse
is bein’ rude to you.
Because if you think he is when he’s really not
and then you discipline him…that isn’t fair. Plus,
he then will lose confidence in you.
For instance, if you’re riding him and he shakes
his head a lot.
Maybe you don’t like it when he does that.
Maybe you think he’s trying to tell you he
doesn’t want you on his back.
But you say, “Look here Mister…you’re not
gonna do that.”
So you boot him in the ribs and make him go.
But if you were lacking the knowledge, perhaps
he has wolf teeth and you didn’t know it.
When the bit hits those teeth it hurts like
you chewin’ on tin foil with cavities.
When the bit touches the wolf teeth, it sends
an electrical shock to his brain.
It’s painful!
So he has to shake his head to shake off the
pain and move the bit away from the wolf teeth.
Yet…he got booted in the ribs and got in
trouble.
Can’t you imagine him thinking, “Why did he
get mad at me? My mouth hurts…especially when he
pulls on the rein.”
And just think what happens next time you
ride.
Will he have confidence that nothing bad
is going to happen?
Might your safety be in jeopardy?
That, my friend, is the value of learning all
you can about horses.
Read More About J.J. Rydberg HERE
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2. Jesse Beery Horse Training on RFD TV
Jesse Beery developed what has probably been the most famous
and successful horse training guide to horse training ever
published. He started back in the late 1800’s and the
Jesse Beery School of Horsemanship operated into the 1970’s.
It is estimated that over 300,000 horse owners used Beery’s
training methods.
Beery traveled all across the country displaying his methods
and taking in local horses that he corrected what at the show.
His training not only included starting colts but is famous for
fixing all kinds of horse problems and also teaching driving
methods.
The end result is a well-mannered, well-controlled horse that
responds to commands, doesn’t spook, and respects your space.
Every now and the Rick Lamb’s show on RFD TV does a special
presentation on Jesse Beery and his horse training.
This show already aired once this week on the 18th.
The show airs once again on Sunday, Nov. 23rd in the
morning – 7:00 AM Central. Check your schedule
for your time zone.
Here’s the title:
“Professor Jesse Beery”
Encore presentation of an award-winning episode profiling
the famous American horse trainer.
You can read more about Jesse Beery and his horse
training course here:
We have distribution rights to his original
“Eight Volume Illustrated Course in Horse Training”.
We have completely re-typeset the course and brought
all the original illustrations over for the new
book format. It is now printed in a convenient
spiral-bound manual that is easy to read and use.
And – to top it off – we offer two free bonus books
as well!
One more thing – we offer the books as printed books
or as Adobe PDF downloads to save you money.
Finally, we had the professional voice of the Outdoor
Channel record the entire series of books in audio
book format and make them available in MP3 form.
I strongly urge you to learn as much as you can
about your horses, how they think, how they respond
to various forms of training and fix all those
pesky problems you’ve been putting up with.
Consider the value of a well-trained horse. If you
are able to make your horse respect your space more,
be more responsive, and overall – more safer, then
the course can pay for itself many times over.
Shouldn’t you consider putting this course in your
horse training library to use as an excellent resource?
If you get a chance to watch the Rick Lamb
or can record the show to watch later, then please
do so. It will give you a great insight into
who Jesse Beery was and how successful his methods are.
Ok… that’s it for today. Stay safe around your horses!
Charlie
P.S. One of 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
“Ultimate 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.
