{"id":130,"date":"2009-03-24T09:42:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2009-03-24T09:42:14","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T15:42:14","slug":"horse-training-spoiled-horse-think-it-matters-or-not-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-training-spoiled-horse-think-it-matters-or-not-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Training: Spoiled Horse?  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Spoiled Horse?\u00a0 Think it matters or not?<\/p>\n<p>2. Don&#8217;t Get Burned When Selecting a Horse To Buy<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Spoiled Horse?\u00a0 Think it matters or not?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is it okay to spoil your horse?<\/p>\n<p>That depends.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with giving<br \/>\nyour horse the best in foot care,<br \/>\nquality hay and supplements, etc.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the kind of spoiling that&#8217;s<br \/>\nnot only &#8216;ok&#8217;&#8230;but it&#8217;s actually<br \/>\nthe thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m talking about is allowing a<br \/>\nhorse to do whatever he wants.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen many a horse owner allow<br \/>\ntheir horse to walk right up to &#8217;em,<br \/>\ncrowd &#8217;em, get in their face, push &#8217;em<br \/>\naround, scare &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a spoiled a horse.<\/p>\n<p>Thing is, if the horse owner wouldn&#8217;t allow<br \/>\ntheir kids to do stuff like that, why would<br \/>\nthey allow their horse to?<\/p>\n<p>Heck if I know.<\/p>\n<p>Some people ask, &#8216;Well&#8230;what&#8217;s so wrong<br \/>\nabout letting them come up to you, give you<br \/>\nlittle kisses, and so on?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>First, a horse has at least 10 times our<br \/>\nstrength.<\/p>\n<p>Second, their reflexes are 5 times faster<br \/>\nthan a world champion boxer&#8217;s reflexes.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s FAST!!!<\/p>\n<p>And if you have a horse crowding your space and<br \/>\nsomething spooks him, there&#8217;s a great probability<br \/>\nthat your horse is going to run right over you.<\/p>\n<p>His reflexes allow him to react so fast, he will<br \/>\nhave knocked you down, stomped on you, and be gone<br \/>\nbefore your brain realizes what just happened.<\/p>\n<p>That is NOT an exaggeration!<\/p>\n<p>For that very reason, I rarely invite a<br \/>\nhorse into my space.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, I&#8217;m always very aware of my<br \/>\nsurroundings with a horse.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m careful to put myself by him where if he<br \/>\nspooks or kicks or whatever, that I&#8217;m unlikely<br \/>\nto get hurt or the injury would be as minimal<br \/>\nas possible.<\/p>\n<p>One of the tricks to this is to always leave an<br \/>\nopen door for your horse.<\/p>\n<p>That means, for instance, don&#8217;t put him between<br \/>\nyou and wall where he can&#8217;t quickly move out if<br \/>\nhe panics.<\/p>\n<p>He should be able to easily escape the<br \/>\npressure while not running over you.<\/p>\n<p>But this spoiled horse syndrome doesn&#8217;t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>If you let a horse get away with pushing you around<br \/>\nand not doing what you say, then you will have trouble<br \/>\ntraining him.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, you wouldn&#8217;t allow it from your kids &#8211;<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t allow it from your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Now let me ask you this.<\/p>\n<p>Being a parent, you love your kids&#8230;right?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>You want the best for them, right?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing them to do whatever they want,<br \/>\nwhen they want is NOT good for them, right?<\/p>\n<p>Right.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s our job as parents to show them what&#8217;s<br \/>\nright and wrong and to instill manners&#8230;right?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s also what we must do with our horses.<\/p>\n<p>One of the problems is horse owners don&#8217;t always<br \/>\nknow what&#8217;s acceptable and safe behavior from their horse.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, they&#8217;re not sure how to correct the wrong<br \/>\nbehavior and teach them to respect space and<br \/>\nto have manners.<\/p>\n<p>If you knew what to do, you could easily<br \/>\nteach it, right?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Since manners and respect of space are so critical,<br \/>\nthat is why we feature Paul Esh.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is the very first trainer we featured and his<br \/>\nvideo is about Respect of Space and manners.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn how Paul does it, he&#8217;s a pretty<br \/>\ndang good teacher &#8211; and you can learn it from his video.<\/p>\n<p>You might consider taking a look at it.<\/p>\n<p>To see it, click on the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-paulesh.html<\/p>\n<p>Paul is really good at fixing problem<br \/>\nhorses and knows what he&#8217;s talking about.<\/p>\n<p>And wait&#8217;ll you the wild mustang he was working with<br \/>\nin the video &#8211; it&#8217;s a good lesson in horsemanship.<\/p>\n<p>Another good manners teacher is<br \/>\nDiana Quintana who we feature.<\/p>\n<p>You might consider looking into her video as well.<\/p>\n<p>To see it, click the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-dianaq.html<\/p>\n<p>OK?\u00a0 Don&#8217;t put up with a horse that has bad<br \/>\nmanners, crowds your space and creates a dangerous<br \/>\nenvironment for you.\u00a0 It&#8217;s critical that you are<br \/>\nin control!<\/p>\n<p>**********************************************************<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n2. Don&#8217;t Get Burned When Selecting a Horse To Buy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First-time buyers are vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tis true with many things&#8230; if you don&#8217;t have<br \/>\nthe knowledge or experience to make a wise decision<br \/>\nthen you are possibly setting yourself up for a bad<br \/>\nchoice and possibly lots of problems and expenses.<\/p>\n<p>This is especially true when you&#8217;re buying your first horse.<\/p>\n<p>Look at it this way&#8230;\u00a0 why would you gamble hundreds<br \/>\nor thousands of dollars for the initial purchase when<br \/>\nit could cost you many thousands more to fix<br \/>\nor care for the problems the horse may have?<\/p>\n<p>What if the horse has a completely different<br \/>\ndisposition than what you need?<\/p>\n<p>What if it is lame or has serious medical problems?<\/p>\n<p>What are the true costs of keeping a horse?<br \/>\nBoarding, feed, vet costs, shoes, tack, and on and on?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t gamble on your decision&#8230;\u00a0 and don&#8217;t make<br \/>\na selection based on those big eyes you see in what<br \/>\nyou think may be your dream horse!<\/p>\n<p>Invest in just a few dollars to save hundreds or<br \/>\nthousands and protect your investment.<\/p>\n<p>Read about our newest book:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How to Find, Select and Buy Your First Horse&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I promise &#8211; it will help you in making your decision<br \/>\nabout the horse that&#8217;s right for you.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/HowToBuyAHorse.html<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reduced the book price to make it affordable<br \/>\nto almost anyone who is seriously looking for the<br \/>\nhorse that&#8217;s right for them!<\/p>\n<p>***********************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Ok..\u00a0 that&#8217;s it for today.<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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