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Our Philosophy:-an excerpt
I'd like my Horse to be safe to be around, someone who responds positively to my requests without arguing, someone who makes my job easier and someone who trusts me as I trust him. I'd like to have a mutual understanding with my Horse....A relationship.
If I'm going to have a relationship with my Horse, I have to allow him to make mistakes, I have to
let him go. I cannot discipline him for making mistakes, instead, I have to show him why I have asked him to do certain things. I don't want to fight him as I know that if I avoid having a fight with him, I'll end up with a better relationship with my Horse.
If you see a Horse with a problem, don't ignore it! It could lead to serious injury or much worse. For example if your horse does not load onto the float easily, don't force him on. This is not only
dangerous for you and your Horse, but it will make the problem worse. If your Horse pulls when you lead him and you continue to lead him this way, he doesn't know it's wrong-you're teaching him to
do it. It's never the Horse's fault for making these mistakes, it's the teachers fault for not training him correctly. It's very important to realise that Horses are learning all of the time.
It doesn't make any difference what happened to the Horse before today. Our training is happening now and from now on we're dealing with today only. I can't change the fact that my Horse may have been beaten and abused it's whole life, or that he has not been trained correctly. We have to focus
on the problem today and not on the history of that problem. It's easy to blame bad behaviour on a Horse's past, rather than it's current training. Horses are very adaptable animals and are quite
capable of changing their behavioural patterns, especially if they make their own decisions to do so.
I don't believe that any Horse is vicious or unable to be trained, if you give a Horse a good enough reason to do what you ask, he will do it willingly, on cue, 100% of the time. If he doesn't, then he
hasn't been trained correctly.
Prejudice is an ugly thing under any circumstances. Every Horse is an individual, yet all breeds of Horses can be taught to do the same things. Arabians can be taught side pass and thoroughbreds can be taught spins and sliding stops. Some breeds are built differently which allows them to be
more graceful at doing some things than others.
I'd like my Horse to be safe to be around, someone who responds positively to my requests without arguing, someone who makes my job easier and someone who trusts me as I trust him. I'd like to have a mutual understanding with my Horse....A relationship.
If I'm going to have a relationship with my Horse, I have to allow him to make mistakes, I have to
let him go. I cannot discipline him for making mistakes, instead, I have to show him why I have asked him to do certain things. I don't want to fight him as I know that if I avoid having a fight with him, I'll end up with a better relationship with my Horse.
If you see a Horse with a problem, don't ignore it! It could lead to serious injury or much worse. For example if your horse does not load onto the float easily, don't force him on. This is not only
dangerous for you and your Horse, but it will make the problem worse. If your Horse pulls when you lead him and you continue to lead him this way, he doesn't know it's wrong-you're teaching him to
do it. It's never the Horse's fault for making these mistakes, it's the teachers fault for not training him correctly. It's very important to realise that Horses are learning all of the time.
It doesn't make any difference what happened to the Horse before today. Our training is happening now and from now on we're dealing with today only. I can't change the fact that my Horse may have been beaten and abused it's whole life, or that he has not been trained correctly. We have to focus
on the problem today and not on the history of that problem. It's easy to blame bad behaviour on a Horse's past, rather than it's current training. Horses are very adaptable animals and are quite
capable of changing their behavioural patterns, especially if they make their own decisions to do so.
I don't believe that any Horse is vicious or unable to be trained, if you give a Horse a good enough reason to do what you ask, he will do it willingly, on cue, 100% of the time. If he doesn't, then he
hasn't been trained correctly.
Prejudice is an ugly thing under any circumstances. Every Horse is an individual, yet all breeds of Horses can be taught to do the same things. Arabians can be taught side pass and thoroughbreds can be taught spins and sliding stops. Some breeds are built differently which allows them to be
more graceful at doing some things than others.
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