Special announcement, horse question answered, and Oregon trip

      In just a minute, I'm going to reveal a specialannouncement designed to benefit you a lot.
     But first...
     I'm back from Oregon.  Whew!  That was onel-o-n-g drive. 
     Total driving time one-way was about 20 hours.  Amazingly, neither one of our kids drove us crazy to thepoint of being grounded for the rest of their lives.      In fact, they were surprisingly good.  My wife and Iare actually willing to take another vacation with them. :)You hear horror stories of how families constantly fight and bicker during a trip.  Thankfully, we didn't.
     I found Oregon to be very much like where I live - onlywe aren't surrounded by mountains.  Otherwise, it was justas hot as my hometown. (We were in eastern Oregon)
     I also found it interesting that the more northwestwe drove, the more horses I saw.  In fact, I was stunnedby how many colts I saw.
     I love colts.  Just like kids, they have lots tolearn in life.
     In fact, I was checking my "blogger"  and found a question I wanted to answer.  (By the way, have you signed up at the blogger yet?  It's FREE!)
     The question is this:
I have a little, well I should say BIG, 8 week old stud colt. I'm a little curious about his behavior. When I'm working with him, he's smart, willing and just an all around sweet heart. But when any one else try's to mess with him, he kicks, and has on a couple of occasions bit. He seems to act really naughty around other people, and I'm not sure why. You're probably thinking that mabie I spoil him, which I do, but only to a certain extent. When he's doing what I wanthe gets lots of extra attention and praise. What do you think I should do?
My answer:
This isn't as complicated as it may seem.  First, your coltis behaving with you because he trusts you and you are hisleader (whether or not you knew it).   The reason he bitesand kicks at others is he doesn't trust them like he trustsyou.  Plus, he's likely testing his place in the hierarchyof the pecking order.
When your horse does what you want it's good to give him lots of praise.  That's how he understands what you wantand will soon recognize what you DON'T want when he doesn'tget the praise.
Your young colt just needs to learn to better respect ushumans.  He will over time.  Just keep working with him.
Onward.
About 10 days ago or so, I promised to tell you about my new video called "How To Load Your Horse In A TrailerEasy As Pie!" 
I couldn't work on the specifics fast enough before weleft for Oregon.  So I'll get on it and have something foryou in a few days.
And now...my special announcement:
July 24th, my wife and I are having our weddinganniversarry.
Because I feel lucky to be married to her and I'm happy we've made it another successful year, I decided to celebrateand offer special pricing on some of my best products.
To see what items are on sale click here:
http://www.horsetrainingandtips.com/specials.htm
Remember, these special prices expire this coming Monday.
I hope you have a significant other whom you care about as much as my wife and I care about each other.
Well, that's about it for now.
Talk to you later.
Andywww.horsetrainingandtips.com