{"id":22,"date":"2008-03-13T10:19:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T16:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2008-03-13T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T16:19:21","slug":"horse-training-is-your-horse-hungry-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-training-is-your-horse-hungry-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Training: Is Your Horse Hungry To Learn?"},"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><strong>Is Your Horse Hungry To Learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Horse trainer and friend, Andy Curry, writes this about one of his interviews:<\/p>\n<p>When we were filming Kenny Scott he made a comment I thought I should pass along.<\/p>\n<p>During filming he said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first 30-45 days it seems<br \/>\nlike a horse is hungry to learn.<br \/>\nBut your first 8-10 rides it<br \/>\nseems like you&#8217;re not getting<br \/>\nanywhere in a hurry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then Kenny said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After that, the next couple<br \/>\nweeks it seems like they&#8217;re<br \/>\ntrying real hard to learn<br \/>\nand make you happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, I want to expand on why Kenny&#8217;s comments are important.<\/p>\n<p>First, when you start working with a horse you may get frustrated and think you don&#8217;t know how to get your horse to do anything.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because like Kenny said, the first 8-10 rides it seems like you&#8217;re not getting anywhere in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>So, the first lesson is to simply under- stand&#8230;that just happens.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s okay that your horse won&#8217;t seem to get it right away.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, if you&#8217;re not a horse training pro&#8230;it&#8217;s &#8220;STILL&#8221; okay your horse doesn&#8217;t get it right away. (even if you ARE a pro)<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because maybe you&#8217;re refining your technique.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, horse time is slow.<\/p>\n<p>Getting a horse to do something is not a fast process.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s faster than other times, but it&#8217;s not normally a fast process.<\/p>\n<p>The next thing to note is Kenny&#8217;s comment about the horse being real hungry to learn in the next 30-45 days.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, they try real hard to make you happy.<\/p>\n<p>This is important to know because horses generally just try to get along.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not out to pick a fight or refuse what you ask (unless someone with the wrong attitude and hands got a hold of him before you did.)<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re trying desperately to figure out what you want and after those first 8-10 rides you&#8217;ll see a definite improvement of learning and willingness to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Just be careful not to teach too much.<\/p>\n<p>Look for places to quit.<\/p>\n<p>Fix what needs fixed and if something doesn&#8217;t need fixed, then there&#8217;s no need to mess with it.<\/p>\n<p>The old saying: &#8220;If it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t break it&#8221; applies here.<\/p>\n<p>These wise words (and gobs more) come from Kenny Scott.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read more about him, click on the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-kennyscott.html\" title=\"Get Your Kenny Scott DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Kenny Scott DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One other thing I want to point out that Kenny mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>When you work with your horse be &#8220;REAL&#8221; careful to distinguish between him not understanding what you want vs. bad behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Not understanding requires patience and figuring out a way for him to &#8220;get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bad behavior is punishable &#8211; but the punishment can NOT outweigh the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Be fair to the horse.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure, then ask yourself these questions.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Did he understand- did I explain so he could understand?<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Was I in his way?<\/p>\n<p>Veddy, veddy important.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-kennyscott.html\" title=\"Get Your Kenny Scott DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Kenny Scott DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*********************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Go forth, enjoy your horses&#8230;\u00a0 but do it all safely.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0 Does your horse have all kinds of behavior problems? 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