In Today’s Magazine Issue:
“You Can’t Blame It On The Horse (All The Time)”
Here’s a nice note from Mitch in Tucson:
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“Charlie, I just wanted to let you know, I get a
lot of horse emails. Most of them I delete.
I really look forward to yours though and keep
them in a folder to look back on.
Thanks for all you do for the horse community!”
Mitch
Ridin in Tucson
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In Today’s Magazine Issue:
“You Can’t Blame It On The Horse (All The Time)”
It’s common…… A horse won’t do somethin’
and it’s their fault.
Or is it?…
You know, a horse is basically perfect
in every sense.
What I mean is…before we get our hands on ’em, they
can already do what we want them to do.
(for the most part).
They already know how to back up, move
forward, turn, etc.
But when you throw the human in the
equation,…look out.
Everything’s different.
We think the horse oughta do what
we ask because we know what we want…so why doesn’t
the horse do it?
The lesson is, he “CAN” do it, but
we just haven’t explained what we want and how
we want it done.
That’s basically what training is all about.
First, the horse has to know what you want.
And when you’re sittin’ there kissin’
to ’em, they’re trying to figure out what you want.
To make it clear what you want…
“Do everything you can
to set your horse up
to successfully do what you asked.”
That means if you want him to, say,
lunge to the left then you better give him a big,
convenient opening so he can move that direction.
Make it so danged easy for him to
go to left that he does it.
And when he does, let him do it.
Stop kissing to him so he “clearly”
knows that’s what you wanted.
This is the case whenever you work with a horse.
Early on, horses don’t know their leads, don’t know
how to balance under you, so it’s up to us to stay
centered and squared so they can do their job.
This is one of the points Kenny Scott
reveals in his DVD about controlling all four
corners of your horse.
If you want to know more about Kenny,
click on the following:
http://HorseTrainingResources.com/dvd-kennyscott.html
We must remember that if the horse didn’t do
right…whose fault was it?
Did we explain it well enough?
Does he really know what you’re asking?
Did you get in his way?
Who’s to blame here?
Our human egos get in the way and fool
us into believing the horse is dumb.
“He should know that!”, we angrily
say to ourselves.
But…should he?
If it was explained to him day after day
through repetition…then yes!, he should
know it as long as he’s been doing it.
Frankly, if your horse isn’t doing something,
it’s high time we look at ourselves.
I’m gonna tell you something you may
not wanna hear. And that is this.
If your horse is doing something you
don’t want him doing, or doesn’t do something
you want him to do…
“The First Place To Look
to Correct The Problem Is Yourself.”
Here’s a for instance.
I got an email from a subscriber who
said her new horse was “great for the first 2 weeks.”
Slowly and steadily he became pushy
and pinned ears at her, and so on.
After checking into it, this horse
owner was not taking the leadership role.
She did a few things to kill her position as her
horse’s boss and now the horse was boss.
Unfortunately, this horse owner should
have read up on her subject and learned
as much as she could.
Now, I ain’t sayin’ a horse’s problem is always
the owner’s fault.
I’m just sayin’ that’s the first place
to look to correct the problem.
http://HorseTrainingResources.com/dvd-kennyscott.html
OK…Until next time – stay safe around your horses!
Charlie
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