{"id":442,"date":"2012-07-20T11:16:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T17:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=442"},"modified":"2012-07-20T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T17:16:46","slug":"is-your-horse-half-brained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/training-tips\/is-your-horse-half-brained\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Horse Half-Brained?"},"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 Half-Brained?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nFirst: A Quick Note About Our Emails:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be splitting our email list in the near\u00a0future into Premium and Regular members. \u00a0You can\u00a0become a Premium list member by supporting us\u00a0and purchasing our products. \u00a0Premium members\u00a0will get the normals emails 3-5 times per week\u00a0as well as freebie stuff now and then and some\u00a0special offers the Regular list won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>ANY purchase of any size qualifies you as\u00a0as Premium member.<\/p>\n<p>While we enjoy writing and sharing these free\u00a0horse training tips with thousands, we want\u00a0to &#8220;<strong>reward<\/strong>&#8221; those who support us.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your business and your support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Back to Today&#8217;s Tip:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is Your Horse Half-Brained?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[I pulled this tip out of the drawer. If\u00a0you&#8217;ve been around a long time you might\u00a0have seen it before. \u00a0But we have a bunch\u00a0of new readers so it bears repeating!]<\/p>\n<p>I remember being called &#8216;half brain&#8217;\u00a0when I was younger.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for that was my &#8216;not so\u00a0smart moments&#8217; in life like when I forgot\u00a0to shut the front door as I left the house\u00a0or a dozen other things.<\/p>\n<p>With teens I call it &#8220;teenage mind of mush&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But what about horses?<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, horses are half\u00a0brained much of the time and it can\u00a0work against you if you&#8217;re not aware of it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, horses have an eye on\u00a0each side of their head.<\/p>\n<p>The right eye can see what&#8217;s going\u00a0on towards the front of him, to his right,\u00a0and behind him on the right.<\/p>\n<p>His left eye takes care of the other\u00a0side.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, one eye can see what&#8217;s happening\u00a0on one side of his body &#8216;independently&#8217;\u00a0of the other eye.<\/p>\n<p>Us humans do not have that ability.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know what that means?<\/p>\n<p>That means &#8216;half&#8217; of his attention is\u00a0assigned to one eye. \u00a0The other half of\u00a0his attention is assigned to the other eye.<\/p>\n<p>That means half of his brain is with\u00a0one eye and the other half is with the\u00a0other eye.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that important?<\/p>\n<p>Because when you&#8217;re working with your\u00a0horse and you&#8217;ve only got one of his\u00a0eyes on you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong> You Only Have\u00a0Half Of His Attention!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have his attention, you\u00a0don&#8217;t have the horse.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s curious to me is a lot of people don&#8217;t\u00a0understand this. \u00a0Or if they do, they don&#8217;t\u00a0seem to mind the horse doesn&#8217;t give them full\u00a0attention.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s crucial to have it if you&#8217;re\u00a0going to teach your horse something.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, I find it totally disrespectful to\u00a0NOT have someone&#8217;s attention when I&#8217;m talking &#8211;\u00a0and that goes for horses too!<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had a conversation with\u00a0someone and as you talk they look away,\u00a0or act uninterested, or keep looking at\u00a0their watch?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s rude!<\/p>\n<p>Although I can&#8217;t do much about a person being\u00a0rude, I certainly can with a horse.<\/p>\n<p>And when a horse isn&#8217;t giving me his\u00a0attention, it&#8217;s rude.<\/p>\n<p>After all, I&#8217;m not asking them to give it\u00a0to me all day.<\/p>\n<p>They have 23 hours a day to eat, meander, run,\u00a0etc&#8230;.but when it&#8217;s my time &#8211; I want &#8217;em giving\u00a0me attention.<\/p>\n<p>And if I only get one eye, then I&#8217;m not\u00a0getting ALL their attention.<\/p>\n<p>Now there are many times you won&#8217;t always\u00a0get both eyes.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if you&#8217;re lungeing a horse you&#8217;ll\u00a0only get one eye because he&#8217;s circling around you.<\/p>\n<p>BUT!!!<\/p>\n<p>He can still focus most of his attention\u00a0on you while lungeing.<\/p>\n<p>And he should.<\/p>\n<p>But remember, a horse&#8217;s attention span isn&#8217;t\u00a0all that long and they have to be reminded to\u00a0give it to you.<\/p>\n<p>The younger the horse, the shorter the attention\u00a0span. 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