When it comes to horse training:
Sometimes We Just Don’t Have A Clue
How many of you bought your first horse only to find
out that:
“OMG – this is hard” or
“Why isn’t my horse responding to me” or
“Why is my horse biting or kicking me” or
“I had no idea it would cost this much to keep this
horse, buy tack, take lessons, pay the vet, and on and on”?
You probably didn’t start this horse-crazed hobby
with all the knowledge you needed to be successful.
Just like we find a mate and fall in love, many do that
with 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.
Sometimes the horse is so frustrated with you all he
knows to do is try to remove the pressure, pulling,
and frustration by rearing or bucking you off.
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.
Ya know, 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 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.
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.
We have assembled various resources to help you and we
have never sugar-coated or “hyped” the results attempting
to get you to otherwise. We wouldn’t be in business
long if we did.
Our 8 Volume Jesse Beery Course is one of the standards
in the horse training biz that has been proven over
100 years of use and by nearly 300,000 horse owners.
You might be surprised to find out about how many professional
and well-experienced horse trainers started with
the Jesse Beery Course. Thousands….
http://horsetrainingresources.com/beery.html
If you’re just starting to learn about
horseback riding lessons then read about our
Beginners Guide here:
http://horsetrainingresources.com/RidingBook.html
And, of course, we have a full set of horse training
videos and DVDs by professional horse trainers
that cover a multitude of lessons about everything
from de-spooking their horse, to teaching sliding
stops and spins, and how to teach your horse reining, etc.
If you’ll take the time to listen closely and learn
from these proven professionals you’ll pick up
a multitude of horse training “gems” or “nuggets”
that you can apply to any horse in lots of situations.
Listening to these professionals is like learning from
the “Jedi Master” in their own specialty. You can
learn a lot if you pay attention.
http://horsetrainingresources.com/DVD.html
If you’re looking for a microwave fix to your horse
problems then please don’t bother.
With one exception – and that is our pulley bridle –
while most things take many, many repetitions before your
horse finally “gets it”, the Pulley Bridle can solve
some nagging problems with just a couple tries.
You can read some of the testimonials many of
our pulley bridle uses have had to solve
certain problems here:
http://horsetrainingresources.com/bridle.html
Many have been amazed how well and how fast it works.
