Here in the U.S.A. it’s TAX DAY. Probably some tired folks today after working on taxes all night…
In This Magazine Issue:
1. Whatever You Do With Your Horse, The Basic Principles Still Apply
2. Training Principles and Successful Methods
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1. Whatever You Do With Your Horse, The Basic Principles Still Apply
Trainer Andy Curry discusses training principles:
What is it you want your horse to do?
Hunter jumper?
Trail ride?
Dressage?
Barrel racing?
Whatever you want him to learn, there
are basic principles he should have under his belt…er…cinch.
Think of it like this.
Whenever a house is built, it will
have a foundation underneath it.
All “sound” houses do.
If they don’t, they will crumble – right?
Right!
After the foundation is set, then the
house can be built according to taste.
Thus, you can put a Ranch style home
on that foundation just as easily as you put any other kind
of home on that foundation.
Makes sense, right?
Right.
As long as the foundation is proper,
it’ll hold the home.
That’s the same with horses.
Get that foundation on the horse, and
then you can move ’em into whatever specialty that suits.
The specialty is generally determined
by the horse’s ability.
But even if you’re simply creating a
trail horse, you still need the foundation.
The concept beneath it all, as revealed by Linda Braddy says:
“Pressure and Release”
It’s simple really.
The horse is motivated by pressure.
When you want him to move, apply pressure.
The pressure can be physical, mental, and audio.
The pressure causes movement.
When you get movement, stop the pressure.
I’ve said it a kuh-zillion times, it’s
the “release” of pressure is where the horse learns.
In other words, what makes them learn is when you “quit” the pressure.
Linda makes this point in her video:
“If what he’s doing
gets you to quit,
then ‘that’ is what
he’ll learn to do.”
As simple as that sounds, it is actually a very powerful
horse training principle – if not the MOST powerful principle.
You see, the horse doesn’t know what’s right or wrong.
So you have to keep up the pressure until you get him doing what’s right.
Linda calls that “Getting the right answer”.
Do not quit what you’re asking for unless and until you get the right answer.
When you get it, stop the pressure!
Then when you quit, don’t touch ’em, don’t talk to ’em,
don’t pet ’em, don’t do a thing.
Just let ’em think about what just happened for a moment.
Give the horse time to assimilate “why” you stopped pressuring him.
He’s going to ask himself,
“What did I just do to get him to leave me alone?”
You must give him time to think about that.
Sound easy?
It is…but you’d be surprised how often it’s done incorrectly.
For instance, if you’re trying to steer a horse to the left and
he’s resisting you, wanting to go right….and you finally give
in and let him go left…guess what he just learned?…..
Right!
He learned when you want to go right, he’s supposed to go left.
So don’t let him off the hook until you get the right answer.
This is effective and powerful horse training info everyone
should know at the very least.
And if you want to know more from a real pro, you might
want to take a look at Linda’s info.
You can see it by clicking on the following:
Linda Braddy Horse Training DVD
One last thing.
When you ask your horse for the right answer, be sure it’s
not asking too much. A difficult maneuver will take time to build up to.
You’ll have to get to it in subsequent steps.
Also, be very clear about what you want from him.
If you want 4 steps but your horse only gave you 3,
then he didn’t give you “the right answer.”
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-brady.html
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2. Training Principles and Successful Methods
Jesse Beery said that if you understand the disposition, nervous system,
and mental limitations you can then successfully train your horse.
By knowing how a horse thinks, how he responds to pressure and events
around him and the fact that he is a prey animal, gives you a very
strong position to start your training.
Whether you’re starting a colt or fixing bad habits the horse has,
“Any Horse Can Be Trained or Cured”.
Proven methods used by hundreds of thousands of horse owners must
tell you that there’s something to this stuff!
Read about it here and get yours. If you will take time to understand
and apply the methods you won’t fail.
Jesse Beery Horse Training Course
Ok…. have a good day. Stay safe around your horses.
Charlie
P.S. If you’ve been around horses much and have been reading these emails
over the last year or two then you’ll see a pattern emerging. Pay attention!
There’s lots of truth and proven methods presented here. It all starts
with basic principles. Just like an Olympic athlete – it all starts
with the basics.
Get started on the right foot here – you’ll never be sad you did:
