{"id":88,"date":"2008-11-24T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T14:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=88"},"modified":"2008-11-24T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T14:30:43","slug":"is-your-horses-brain-misfiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/is-your-horses-brain-misfiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Horse&#8217;s Brain Misfiring?"},"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>&#8220;Is Your Horse&#8217;s Brain Misfiring?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nFirst &#8211; I hope you had a chance to see the<br \/>\nJesse Beery special on the Rick Lamb show.<\/p>\n<p>I am always amazed at the understanding, experience<br \/>\nand methods Beery had developed working with horses.<\/p>\n<p>With no formal training of horses he was able<br \/>\nto figure out so much about the horse&#8217;s brain,<br \/>\nhow he thinks and the various dispositions.<\/p>\n<p>And he was a master at fixing all kinds of<br \/>\nhorse problems and went around the country<br \/>\ndemonstrating them.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Jesse Beery here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/beery.html<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Now on to today&#8217;s topic:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Is Your Horse&#8217;s Brain Misfiring?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that at least 100,000<br \/>\nseparate chemical reactions occur in the<br \/>\nhuman brain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every Second!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what happens in a horse&#8217;s<br \/>\nbrain, but there&#8217;s more than what people think.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take, for example, riding a horse.<\/p>\n<p>As you likely know, you don&#8217;t just<br \/>\nplop yourself onto a horse and go.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of important things<br \/>\nto think about.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of these things have a lot to<br \/>\ndo with how to correctly ride a horse.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not doing certain things<br \/>\nright, he&#8217;ll get lots of mixed signals and<br \/>\nhis brain may misfire.<\/p>\n<p>And none of the signals he can make sense<br \/>\nof because he&#8217;ll be confused.<\/p>\n<p>And confusion leads to fear.<\/p>\n<p>Fear leads to panic.<\/p>\n<p>Panic leads to you and\/or your<br \/>\nhorse gettin&#8217; hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of something that<br \/>\ncan make your horse&#8217;s brain misfire from<br \/>\nconfusion.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Robertson, who we filmed showing<br \/>\n&#8220;How To Float In The Saddle&#8221;, talked about<br \/>\ncorrect foot position.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you didn&#8217;t know it, your toes<br \/>\nand feet may be pointed completely wrong and<br \/>\nputting your body weight in the wrong places<br \/>\non the horse.<\/p>\n<p>For example, don&#8217;t ride pushing against<br \/>\nthe stirrups with your toes pointed outward.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because it pushes on the back of the<br \/>\nsaddle.<\/p>\n<p>So what?<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;because it pushes on the back<br \/>\nof the saddle, it also pushes on the horse&#8217;s<br \/>\nkidneys and causes him problems such as pain.<\/p>\n<p>That can get you bucked off.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, you&#8217;re suddenly in your horses<br \/>\nway and it&#8217;s harder for him to move as you need.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, you&#8217;re not sitting<br \/>\nin the saddle like you should.\u00a0 You&#8217;re actually<br \/>\nsitting on your dang feet.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not right &#8211; nor is it safe.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-sue-riding.html<\/p>\n<p>So whaddya do?<\/p>\n<p>Ride with your heels down.<\/p>\n<p>Yes&#8230;your heels down.<\/p>\n<p>There should be just enough contact with<br \/>\nthe stirrups that you put just enough weight on<br \/>\nyour feet to push your heels down.<\/p>\n<p>Once you do this, you&#8217;ll notice you&#8217;re<br \/>\nnot sitting back on the horse&#8217;s kidney area.<\/p>\n<p>This centers you on the horse better too.<\/p>\n<p>It helps get your body balanced how it<br \/>\nshould be.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it as sitting right in the<br \/>\nmiddle of a teeter-totter.<\/p>\n<p>If you sit smack-dab in the middle,<br \/>\nthat teeter-totter won&#8217;t go up or down.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re in the middle and leaning<br \/>\none way or the other, that teeter-totter will<br \/>\nmove.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what I mean by balance.<\/p>\n<p>So as you can see, there&#8217;s quite a bit<br \/>\nmore to riding a horse than what you&#8217;d think.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to know more, I urge<br \/>\nyou to look at Sue&#8217;s info because you will be<br \/>\nshocked how much there is to riding a horse.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more about Sue&#8217;s info by<br \/>\nclicking on the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-sue-riding.html<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll enjoy Sue&#8217;s instruction and how she shares<br \/>\nher experience.\u00a0 She has spent a lifetime<br \/>\nhandling horses both in and out of the show ring.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;ll be releasing additional videos of Sue in the<br \/>\nnear future &#8211; including trick training)<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for today&#8230;\u00a0 stay safe around your horses!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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