Hoorse training: How does your horse see it?

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What Would Your Horse Think?




How would you react to someone mis-
treating a horse?

I'll bet it'd upset you. Might even
wanna go tell that person a thing or two.

Surprisingly, mistreatment is in the
eyes of the beholder.

What one being sees as mistreatment,
another wouldn't give it a second thought.

Take, for instance, the Road Kill
study conducted by Louisiana biology professor
David Shepherd.

Shepherd put rubber reptiles "on or
near roads" to see how motorists reacted to
their presence.

What he discovered was shocking. I'll
tell ya in a minute.

The experiment started with Shepherd
and crew putting fake snakes and turtles in
places where drivers would hit them if they
kept driving straight.

And they also put decoys in places
where drivers would have to go out of their
way to hit them.

Shepherd found that while 87% of the
drivers tried to avoid the animals, 6% went
out of their way to hit them.

Not surprising to me...snakes were
ran over twice more often than the turtles.

Shepherd noted that reptiles on the road
made some drivers bloodthirsty. Here are some
actual witnessed events during the study:

- A truck driver crossed the center line into
opposing traffic to the road shoulder to
squash a turtle.

- A housewife thought she saw a snake on the
road and swerved to kill it...then turned
around to run over it again - 5 times.

- A policeman squashed a snake with his tires
and then pulled out his gun to shoot it.

Shepherd's conclusion: "Some people
just have a mean streak toward animals."

After I read that I wondered how horses
see us towards them.

Would they be thinking, "Some humans just
have a mean streak toward animals...in particular,
...horses."

But the startling thing is that even the
most gentle animal lover in the world can unknowingly
convince a horse that they're mean.

How?

If the animal lover doesn't understand the
horse's nature he can severly frighten (even ruin)
a horse...despite zero bad intentions.

It's easy for a horse to be frightened. It
takes almost no effort. A simple sharp voice. Quick
threatening movement. A look of disapproval.

And a frightened horse doesn't learn well.
Horses can only think of one thing at a time and if
their mind is consumed with fear, then nothing else
gets in their brain.

Earlier I said: "Surprisingly, mistreatment
is in the eyes of the beholder."

That's the way we as horse owners must see
it...from our horse's shoes.

What is trivial and meaningless to us may
be traumatizing to a horse.

For instance, if we hear a gun shot in the
distance it typically won't alarm us near as much
as it would a horse.

Depending on who is receiving the input
and how it is experienced is how it is perceived.

Thus, a horse is typically much more sensitive
to certain things than we are.

It's up to us humans to learn what that is.
To learn what that is it is first necessary to
understand the horse's nature and instincts.

Then we must work with and train our
horses according to what makes them tick - "NOT"
what makes "us" tick.

Learning those things about horses opens
doors to accomplishment not everyone acheives.

I urge you to learn all you can about your
horse. It's a little bit of work but it sure is
fun.

Even the experts keep looking for new stuff
to learn.

Oh...and one more thing.

Happy Mothers Day to all mothers - the angels
of life.



Sincerely,

Andy Curry
www.horsetrainingandtips.com


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