‘All You Have To Do Is Simply Ask!’
Trainer Andy Curry discusses training your horse so you “ASK” him, not tell him.
Let’s listen in:
If you ever wondered just how broke a broke horse should be…. here’s a good way to look at it.
A broke horse does what you ask of him, not what you tell him to do.
You shouldn’t have to help a broke horse to do something.
A broke horse will do what you ask and he’ll do it willingly and quickly.
Thing is though, when we first start out training a horse you have to help him.
But that’s when you start out training him.
After about 30 days of repetitive work to get him understanding what you want, then he begins to get beyond that.
As an example, if you’re going to teach your horse to neck rein, you can lay the rein on his neck then use the other rein to guide his head over to ‘help’ him understand the neck reining.
But the end goal is to not help him. The end goal is when that rein touches his neck he moves as you ‘ask’.
If you find yourself helping your horse do something you ask, I want you to work on that with him.
Get out there and fix it.
Get it where you only need to ask – not help.
Be very ‘Black and White’ about what you want.
No gray area.
Gray confuses. Black and white is obvious.
For instance, never let your horse come in your space one day and later keep him out and later again let him in.
Keep him out – Period!
Black and white.
That’s actually a powerful principle in getting your horse doing something you ask (and not helping him.)
You see it in the Diana Quintana video.
You can see more about the DVD by clicking on the following:
Diana Quintana Horse Training Video
Diana works with horses and knows exactly what she wants from her horse.
And if the horse doesn’t deliver, he has to keep at it until he does.
Black and white.
Black and white creates the ability to ‘Ask’ your horse and then he does it.
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Thanks Andy!
Stay safe with your horses….
Charlie
