{"id":738,"date":"2013-12-30T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2013-12-30T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T21:25:57","slug":"did-you-know-your-horse-is-half-brained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/jesse-beery-horse-training\/did-you-know-your-horse-is-half-brained\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know? Your Horse Is 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><h1><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&#8220;Did You Know? \u00a0Your Horse Is Half-Brained!&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Horse Training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-741\" style=\"border: 3px solid black; margin: 6px;\" alt=\"Horse with hat\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Horse-with-hat.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Horse-with-hat.jpg 283w, https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Horse-with-hat-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>First &#8211; A New Year Special: Book + Gift!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As most of you know, I believe strongly about<br \/>\nfully understanding HOW a horse thinks, knowing<br \/>\nWHY he reacts the way he does and HOW to approach<br \/>\nyour horse for the most effective training.<\/p>\n<p>There IS a science and reasoning to properly<br \/>\ntraining and handling your horses. Most horses<br \/>\nARE predictable &#8211; when you understand how their<br \/>\nbrains work.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; for our New Year&#8217;s Special &#8211; I am offering<br \/>\nthree different gifts to anyone who purchases<br \/>\nthe Jesse Beery Course PRINTED BOOK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can take your choice of one of the following<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> gifts with your purchase of the Beery printed course<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> book at the regular price:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The MP3 Audio Book version<\/strong> (delivered on CD)<br \/>\nof the full Jesse Beery 8-Volume Course. You<br \/>\ncan play these MP3 files on your iPod and other<br \/>\ndevices, on your computer and on most newer<br \/>\nCD players. Each of the 8 Volumes of the<br \/>\ncourse is a separate MP3 file. (normally $29)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The Beery 4-Way Bit<\/strong> &#8211; discussed in the Beery<br \/>\nCourse, this 4-Way training and riding bit was<br \/>\ndesigned and made famous by Jesse Beery.<br \/>\n(normally $25)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. One month subscription to &#8220;The Horse Library Online&#8221;.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis online resource has ALL of our DVDs, all of<br \/>\nour books, audio books, etc. online for immediate<br \/>\naccess. (normally $29)<\/p>\n<p>How To Order:<\/p>\n<p>Go to the link below and purchase the PRINT version<br \/>\nof the Jesse Beery course ($77.00).<\/p>\n<p>In the COMMENTS section of the order form, enter<br \/>\nthe free gift you want: MP3, Bit or Horse Library.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link to the Jesse Berry course. Scroll down<br \/>\nand order the PRINTED book and then enter your free<br \/>\ngift selection in the comments section of the order form:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Horse Training - Jesse Beery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sale ends THURSDAY.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>======================================================<br \/>\nBack to regularly scheduled horse tip&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;Is Your Horse Half-Brained?&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of you have seen this before but, with many<br \/>\nnew folks getting my emails now, I wanted to get<br \/>\nthis to them right away.<\/p>\n<p>Onward.<\/p>\n<p>I remember being called a &#8216;half brain&#8217;<br \/>\nwhen I was younger.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for that was my &#8220;not so<br \/>\nsmart moments&#8221; in life like when I forgot<br \/>\nto shut the front door as I left the house<br \/>\nor left the milk out, or a dozen other things.<\/p>\n<p>With my teenagers I call it &#8220;teenage minds of mush&#8221;.<br \/>\nIt is during that time they are growing, developing and<br \/>\ntheir body is going through all kinds of changes.<\/p>\n<p>But what about horses?<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, horses are half<br \/>\nbrained most of the time and it can<br \/>\nwork 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<br \/>\neach side of their head.<\/p>\n<p>The right eye can see what&#8217;s going<br \/>\non towards the front of him, to his right,<br \/>\nand behind him on the right.<\/p>\n<p>His left eye takes care of the other<br \/>\nside.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, one eye can see what&#8217;s happening<br \/>\non one side of his body &#8216;independently&#8217;<br \/>\nof 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<br \/>\nassigned to one eye. The other half of<br \/>\nhis attention is assigned to the other eye.<\/p>\n<p>That means half of his brain is with<br \/>\none eye and the other half is with the<br \/>\nother eye.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that important?<\/p>\n<p>Because when you&#8217;re working with your<br \/>\nhorse and you&#8217;ve only got one of his<br \/>\neyes on you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You Only Have<br \/>\nHalf Of His Attention!<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have his full attention,<br \/>\nyou don&#8217;t have the horse.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s curious to me is a lot of people don&#8217;t<br \/>\nunderstand this. Or if they do, they don&#8217;t<br \/>\nseem to mind the horse doesn&#8217;t give them full<br \/>\nattention.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s crucial to have it if you&#8217;re<br \/>\ngoing to teach your horse something.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, I find it totally disrespectful to<br \/>\nNOT have someone&#8217;s attention when I&#8217;m talking &#8211;<br \/>\nand that goes for horses too!<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had a conversation with<br \/>\nsomeone and as you talk they look away,<br \/>\nor act uninterested, or keep looking at<br \/>\ntheir watch?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s rude!<\/p>\n<p>Although I can&#8217;t do much about a person being<br \/>\nrude, I certainly can with a horse.<\/p>\n<p>And when a horse isn&#8217;t giving me his<br \/>\nattention, it&#8217;s rude.<\/p>\n<p>After all, I&#8217;m not asking them to give it<br \/>\nto me all day.<\/p>\n<p>They have 23 hours a day to eat, meander, sleep,<br \/>\nrun, etc&#8230;.but when it&#8217;s my time &#8211; I want &#8217;em<br \/>\ngiving me their full attention.<\/p>\n<p>And if I only get one eye, then I&#8217;m not<br \/>\ngetting ALL their attention.<\/p>\n<p>Now there are many times you won&#8217;t always<br \/>\nget both eyes.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if you&#8217;re lungeing a horse you&#8217;ll<br \/>\nonly 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<br \/>\non you while lungeing.<\/p>\n<p>And he should.<\/p>\n<p>But remember, a horse&#8217;s attention span isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nall that long and they have to be reminded to<br \/>\ngive it to you.<\/p>\n<p>The younger the horse, the shorter the attention<br \/>\nspan. (Generally speaking)<\/p>\n<p>How do you get your horse&#8217;s attention back on<br \/>\nyou if you lose it?<\/p>\n<p>Make &#8217;em move.<\/p>\n<p>Create a little pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Now why is this important?<\/p>\n<p>Well, a horse ignoring you is bad manners<br \/>\nfor the horse.<\/p>\n<p>A horse, like kids, must have good manners.<br \/>\nGiving you attention is part of good manners.<\/p>\n<p>But also, to train a horse you must have his attention.<\/p>\n<p>If he&#8217;s going to be responsive to what you ask<br \/>\nhim to do, you have to have his attention.<\/p>\n<p>Take Note!<\/p>\n<p>What I just told you about how the horse&#8217;s brain<br \/>\nworks and how getting both eyes gives you both<br \/>\nsides of his brain&#8230;which gives you his attention&#8230;<br \/>\nis a significant part of understanding the horse.<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever wondered to yourself,<br \/>\n&#8216;Why does my horse do ______ ? &#8216;, then it may be<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s something about his nature you don&#8217;t<br \/>\nknow&#8230;but should.<\/p>\n<p>In all my encounters with horse trainers,<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s one thing that we consistently agree on.<\/p>\n<p>And that is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To be successful with horses,<br \/>\nyou must understand their nature.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Makes sense, really.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if you&#8217;re going to be a surgeon,<br \/>\nyou must know how the body works so you can<br \/>\nrepair damage and keep it working.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going to be an auto mechanic,<br \/>\nyou must know how engines work to fix them.<\/p>\n<p>If you make engine repairs that are inconsistent<br \/>\nwith how an engine works, you will fail.<\/p>\n<p>Training your horse is much the same way.<\/p>\n<p>You MUST know how it works, thinks, acts,<br \/>\nreacts, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>You also have to train for both sides of<br \/>\nthe horse. But that will be another lesson.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of books on the subject<br \/>\nif you want to read and study up on it.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Beery figured this out real early<br \/>\nwhen he was learning horse training and<br \/>\ndeveloping his training methods. You<br \/>\ncan see more about his training course here:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Horse Training - Jesse Beery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Truth is, most successful professional horse<br \/>\ntrainers started with or have used the Jesse<br \/>\nBeery course for their foundational understanding<br \/>\nof horses. You can, too. Click this link:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Horse Training - Jesse Beery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, you can take advantage of many of our<br \/>\nexcellent training videos by one of our<br \/>\nprofessional trainers here:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Horse Training DVD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The more you know about your horse,<br \/>\nthe better you&#8217;ll be.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the big difference between people<br \/>\nwho are mildly successful versus those<br \/>\nwho can get their horses doing amazing things.<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge makes the difference. And the proper<br \/>\napplication of that knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>It begins with understanding the<br \/>\nnature of your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230; that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there with your horses.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Buy the PRINTED version of the Jesse Beery<br \/>\nCourse book and receive a gift with your purchase!<br \/>\nMake your choice:<\/p>\n<p>You can take your choice of one of the following<br \/>\ngifts with your purchase of the Beery printed course<br \/>\nbook at the regular price:<\/p>\n<p>1. The MP3 Audio Book version (delivered on CD)<br \/>\nof the full Jesse Beery 8-Volume Course. You<br \/>\ncan play these MP3 files on your iPod and other<br \/>\ndevices, on your computer and on most newer<br \/>\nCD players. Each of the 8 Volumes of the<br \/>\ncourse is a separate MP3 file. (normally $29)<\/p>\n<p>2. The Beery 4-Way Bit &#8211; discussed in the Beery<br \/>\nCourse, this 4-Way training and riding bit was<br \/>\ndesigned and made famous by Jesse Beery.<br \/>\n(normally $25)<\/p>\n<p>3. One month subscription to &#8220;The Horse Library Online&#8221;.<br \/>\nThis online resource has ALL of our DVDs, all of<br \/>\nour books, audio books, etc. online for immediate<br \/>\naccess. (normally $29)<\/p>\n<p>How To Order:<\/p>\n<p>Go to the link below and purchase the PRINT version<br \/>\nof the Jesse Beery course ($77.00).<\/p>\n<p>In the COMMENTS section of the order form, enter<br \/>\nthe free gift you want: MP3, Bit or Horse Library.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link to the Jesse Berry course. Scroll down<br \/>\nand order the PRINTED book and then enter your free<br \/>\ngift selection in the comments section of the order form:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Horse Training - Jesse Beery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>************************************************************<br \/>\nDiscover the most successful<br \/>\nhorse training course ever created.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prof. Jesse Beery&#8217;s Illustrated Course in Horse Training&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>8 Volumes of pure, effective horse training<br \/>\nwisdom used by thousands around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Printed in one, easy-to-use, spiral-bound manual.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sKiXBgAina\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\">Beery<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"Embedded WordPress Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/embed\/#?secret=sKiXBgAina\" data-secret=\"sKiXBgAina\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands have used Beery&#8217;s methods successfully&#8230;<br \/>\nWhy not you?<\/p>\n<p>*************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Horse Training - Jesse Beery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Did You Know? \u00a0Your Horse Is Half-Brained!&#8221; First &#8211; A New Year Special: Book + Gift! 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