{"id":110,"date":"2009-02-02T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2009-02-02T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T16:31:33","slug":"does-your-horse-do-simple-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/does-your-horse-do-simple-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Horse Do Simple Math?"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/authover.css\" media=\"screen\" \/>\r\n\t       <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/simplemodel.css\" media=\"screen\"\/>\r\n\t          <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n\tsrc=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery-1.7.2.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery.simplemodal.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/authover.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\t\t\tvar jq = jQuery.noConflict();\r\n\t\t\t\tfunction openPopup(url,width,height,delay,useajax,iframe,exitt){\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\talert(url);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tauthover.configure({\r\n\t\t\t\t\tiFrameAttribute : {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\" : \"autFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"id\" : \"authFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"src\" : \"http:\/\/wikipedia.com\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"height\" : \"100%\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"width\" : \"100%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t},\r\n\t\t\t\tmodalContent : url,\r\n\t\t\t\twidth : width,\r\n\t\t\t\theight : height,\r\n\t\t\t\tdelay : delay,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupUseAjax: 0,\r\n\t\t\t\ttargetUseIframe: iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupIsRedirect: useajax,\r\n\t\t\t\texitAlertText: exitt\r\n\t\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\tauthover.triggerModal();\r\nreturn false;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Does Your Horse Do Simple Math&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I ain&#8217;t ashamed to admit it.<\/p>\n<p>I am simple minded &#8211; just ask my<br \/>\nteenage son.<\/p>\n<p>But as far as horse training goes, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nan important trait to have.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, have you ever noticed<br \/>\nhow muddy things get when they get complicated?<\/p>\n<p>The more complex somthin&#8217; is, the<br \/>\nharder it is to understand and the less likely<br \/>\nit will be of any use to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I don&#8217;t like complicated<br \/>\nstuff.<\/p>\n<p>Less is more.<\/p>\n<p>The expression &#8220;Less Is More&#8221; is a<br \/>\nvery powerful horse training principle to<br \/>\nlive by.<\/p>\n<p>Any horse trainer worth their salt<br \/>\nwill tell you to teach your horse one thing<br \/>\nat a time.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all fine and dandy, but a<br \/>\nmistake often made is teaching more than one<br \/>\nthing at a time and not realizing it.<\/p>\n<p>There is a coined phrase from Linda<br \/>\nBraddy who called it:\u00a0 Simple Math<\/p>\n<p>Think of it this way.<\/p>\n<p>Before you could do math, you started<br \/>\nat the basic 1 + 1 formula.<\/p>\n<p>When you understood that, did you move<br \/>\non to Algebra?<\/p>\n<p>Of course not.<\/p>\n<p>You went to very next basic thing.<\/p>\n<p>And that was likely 1 + 2.<\/p>\n<p>And so on.<\/p>\n<p>When you fully understood these things,<br \/>\nthen you moved on to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Makes sense, right?<\/p>\n<p>Right.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, that is exactly how we<br \/>\nmust approach teaching the horse something.<\/p>\n<p>Think &#8220;Simple Math&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, if today you are going to teach<br \/>\nyour horse about the reins, don&#8217;t use both<br \/>\nreins.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s too complicated.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not &#8220;Simple Math&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s &#8220;Advanced Math&#8221; 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