“Does Your Horse Do Simple Math?”
I ain’t ashamed to admit it.
I am simple minded. And if you want to
confirm that, ask my wife!
But as far as horse training goes, it’s
an important trait to have.
Here’s why.
First of all, have you ever noticed
how muddy things get when they get complicated?
The more complex somthin’ is, the
harder it is to understand and the less likely
it will be of any use to anyone.
Frankly, I don’t like real complicated stuff.
Less is more.
The expression “Less Is More” is a
very powerful horse training principle to
live by.
Any horse trainer worth their salt
will tell you to teach your horse
one thing at a time.
That’s all fine and dandy, but a
mistake often made is teaching more than one
thing at a time and not realizing it.
There is a coined phrase from Linda
Braddy who called it: Simple Math
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/braddy
Think of it this way.
Before you could do math, you started
at the basic 1 + 1 formula.
When you understood that, did you move
on to Algebra?
Of course not.
You went to very next basic thing.
And that was likely 1 + 2.
And so on.
When you fully understood these things,
then you moved on to the next level.
Makes sense, right?
Right.
In essence, that is exactly how we
must approach teaching the horse something.
Think “Simple Math”.
Thus, if today you are going to teach
your horse about the reins, don’t use both reins.
That’s too complicated.
That’s not “Simple Math”.
It’s “Advanced Math” because you
haven’t showed your horse what one rein means yet.
Start with one rein.
When he gets it, go to the next step.
Care to guess what the next step is?
Two reins?
Nope.
Now you gotta teach the other side
of the horse.
Just cuz he gets the left rein doesn’t
mean he gets the right rein.
(An important thing to learn about training
horses is that you have to teach everything
from both sides of the horse – they learn
left and right independently.)
The “Simple Math” phrase was coined by
Linda Braddy and if you want to read about her,
click on the following:
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/braddy
Just so you know, this principle of teaching
one thing at time is as old as time itself.
In his horse training manual, Jesse Beery
says in his second lesson on page 6:
“A colt will learn more in one hour sessions
per day, than it will in six hours
or any longer. Make the lesson short
and teach but one thing at a time. But
what you teach, have thoroughly understood.”
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Just so you know…this is one of the
greatest secrets of effective horse trainers.
Again – you can see more of Linda Braddy’s DVD here:
http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/braddy
That’s it for today…stay safe around your horses!
Charlie
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