Is The Honeymoon Over With Your Horse?
You probably didn’t start this horse-crazed hobby with
all the knowledge you needed to be successful.
Just like we can find a mate and fall in love, many do that
with their horses, too. We see those big eyes staring back
at us, see that majestic animal in the pen or out in the
pasture and immediately fall in love. We start dreaming
of trail riding or showing or just wanting to be around
this new love and start a new relationship with this
new horse. Some go ga-ga and don’t have a clue what
they’re getting into.
It happens every day to hundreds, if not thousands. Then,
reality sets in and we have to start training or fixing
problems. Perhaps that new love has some quirks – he bites,
kicks, rears or bucks. He won’t come to you and you can’t
catch him in the pasture. He won’t let you pick up his
feet or he won’t stand to let you groom him or put
on his saddle.
He won’t walk, turn or stop right. You jerk, kick,
pull, scream and get frustrated. Now the horse is even
more confused and doesn’t have a clue what you want
because you haven’t learned enough to know how to
get him to move properly.
Sound familiar to some of you?
When the horse gets frustrated with you all he
knows to do is try to remove the pressure, pulling,
and frustration by rearing or bucking you off. That’s
his defensive action.
What just happened is natural for the horse but your
lack of understanding and training sees this as
a “bad horse”.
Sound familiar? Ever seen this before? Are you living with
some of those issues right now?
Sometimes we have to come to the realization that the
problem is with us, not the horse. Gulp!
Anything worth doing is worth doing right. If you don’t
have control of your horse then you’re skirting danger.
I know this – a 1,200 pound horse which has lightning-fast
reactions and enormous strength is a time bomb waiting to
go off, even with a trained handler or rider.
Do me and yourself a favor right now – if you’re not
willing to learn how to handle that horse correctly
and safely, and train it so it’s safe to ride, then
please get rid of it. Don’t put yourself and others
in harm’s way. Statistics show that you’ll get hurt
and many times it will lead to broken bones, concussions,
or worse.
That may sound harsh but it happens way too often. If
I’m the first one to tell it to you that way and it
keeps you, others or even your horse from getting hurt,
then I’ll do it.
It’s sort of like the new couple who are blinded by love
and don’t see the train wreck coming in their lives.
Seek out those more experienced and trusted who have
proven themselves and listen to them.
However, there are some that want to sell you a magic potion
that would solve all your horse problems in a few days.
Run from them. Seek other help. Experience and insight
take time to learn. It’s true with almost any skill.
Horse training is no different.
Here’s a huge truth about horse training that you
need to understand:
Over half the problem is with the trainer and not the
horse. Until the one doing the training understands
how horses learn and know how to get the horse to start
properly acting on the commands over and over each time
when asked, then nothing is good is going to come
out of the training attempts.
You MUST understand the nature of the horse, how his
brain works and how he learns.
Know this: the horse already has all the ability to do
all the basic stuff you want it to do. It’s up to
the trainer to teach the horse each command and act
on it properly in a controlled fashion.
Let me state that again so it sinks in:
“The horse already has all the ability to do
all the basic stuff you want it to do. It’s up to
the trainer to teach the horse each command and act
on it properly in a controlled fashion.”
So, how do you get there you ask?
You study, you watch others do it successfully and
learn along the way. It doesn’t happen over night.
Tell me any valuable skill or trade you have learned
that didn’t take quite a while to learn or master.
We have assembled various resources to help you and we
have never sugar-coated or “hyped” the results attempting
to get you to do otherwise. We wouldn’t be in business
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Our 8 Volume Jesse Beery Course is one of the standards
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of use and by nearly 300,000 horse owners. Jesse Beery
truly understood the mind of the horse and you can
learn a lot just by absorbing some of his wisdom, if
not his training methods.
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If you’re just starting out learning about horseback
riding then read about our Beginners Guide here:
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Hundreds of new riders and horse owners have started
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And, of course, we have a full set of DVDs by
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If you’ll take the time to listen closely and learn
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Listening to these professionals is like learning from
the “Jedi Master” in their own specialty. You can
learn a lot if you pay attention. Actively study
their techniques and take notes. You’ll learn a lot.
If you’re looking for a microwave fix to your horse
problems then please don’t bother.
Take notes. Watch actively and understand why
a trainer approaches the problems and methods
the way that they do.
I promise you – you’ll learn a lot more than what
you originally got the DVD for if you will
watch it more than once.
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Charlie
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A nice note from Rose:
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“Hi Charlie,
Thank you so much for the information you send me, it is so helpful in
all aspects of my being around horses. It doesn’t matter how old you
are or how long you have been around horses, you never learn it all
and I am so thankful for resources like this that I can go to for new
and further learning. I am 55 been around horses all my life and I
still am benefitted from your e-mails.
Thank you so much Charlie and May God Bless.
Rose”
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