Horse Training With Harry

Harry The Horse Trainer



Ol' Harry was quoted as saying:

"The only things worth learning
are the things you learn after
you know it all"

His quote especially applies to
horse training.

Here's why.

You can read all you want about horse
training - but until you get out there and put
it to practice, it doesn't mean much.

That's when you find out the value
of what you learned.

It's funny. When you work with
different horses, you find they don't all
react to the same things.

When one technique works on one, it
may fail on another.

That's when it's valuable to to learn
all you can. The more you know, the better you
become with horses.

Take, for instance, giving a horse a
quick lesson on not turning his butt to you.

If you're out and about in the corral
or round pen and your horse's rear end comes
towards you, then you should twirl the lead
rope and pop him on the butt.

Because of the horse's "touchy" nature,
he'll likely move away...and in a hurry.

The ideal thing is for him to face you.

That's him showing respect for you.

Think of it as kinda like a child smartin'
off to the parent and not looking the parent in
the eye.

Depending on your parenting style, you
may raise your voice to get the kid's attention
and respect.

Some parents give a "swat" on the back
end to get attention.

Depending on the response you get you
adjust your reaction to get the response you
want.

With horses, you want to always do the
least threatening thing possible. The less you
inspire fear the better.

And remember to pet 'em quickly after
you chastise or get a good response because it
gives the horse confidence in you and his relation-
ship with you.

And like Harry said, it's what you learn
after you've learned it all.

But where do you start learning this
horse training stuff? It can be overwhelming.

My suggestion is start with books. You
can re-read them anytime. You can hi-light
important stuff.

You don't have to rewind them like you
would a video to relearn something. (Don't get
me wrong, videos are a good teaching tool - but
it's hard to take a TV and video out to the
round pen with you for review as you work with
a horse)

Jesse Beery, the famous horse trainer
from the late 1800's, wrote a killer horse training
manual if you haven't read through it yet. You
can see it at:

http://www.horsetrainingandtips.com/Jesse_Beerya.htm

But like ol' Harry said, it's what you
learn after you've learned it that counts. That
means you gotta put it into action.

And you can put it into action once you've
learned it. So get busy learnin' and get busy doin'.
You'll be surprised how much fun you'll have.



Andy Curry
www.horsetrainingandtips.com


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