Horse Training: Horses, men, and mosquitos - a scientifi fact

Mosquitos, Men, and Horses



They say men are bad.

But did you know, like "some" men,
mosquitos prefer blondes?

Apparently, that's a scientific fact.
But I'm not sure anyone's taken the time to
figure out why.

Just like mosquitos are drawn to blondes,
horses are drawn to certain people.

A lot of that has to do with under-
standing your horse's nature.

Page 45, Volume One of the Horse
Trainer Owner's Manual relates this a bit.
It says:

"The conciliating voice, the kind
look and caresses give him pleasure
and have the effect of quieting him,
of inspiring confidence in us and
make him disposed to obedience."

Thus, it's easy to get a horse to be
drawn to you. Treat them according to their
nature, and you won't have problems like you
would going "against" their nature.

Of course it depends on the horse's
background and history. In other words, if
he was abused, and felt abused, he'll likely
not want to be around you - even though you
weren't the one abusing him.

But generally speaking, a horse will
be fairly easy to bond with and get him coming
to you.

Thinking a minute about the horse's
environment, we can use that as one of our
tricks to keep him drawn to us.

One of the things in the horse's
environment is...

Lack of talking.

I know it sounds obvious, but horses
don't talk to one another like you and I do.
In fact, so much of their communication is body
movement.

That also explains part of why a horse
is so cotton pickin observant. They have to be
to learn the pecking order. (Plus, they're a
prey animal and always on the lookout for when
they need to run).

I often see people get frustrated while
teaching their horse and then talk to their horse
with malice. Not the way to do it.

First, patience is needed. Second, the
horse should be set up to succeed in what is
asked. Third, too much threatening voice and
the horse grows fearful.

If the fear grows to far, it will con-
sume him and all he can think of is being
scared. It creates resistance.

You've heard of resistance free training
no doubt. That's much like what I just described.

I like resistance free training but I
think it's a bit misunderstood.

As well as people unwittingly inspiring
fear in their horse, I also see people be too
nice. I get the impression resistance free
training is interpreted as "be real nice to
your horse."

What works for me is to inspire the
horse to move. Inspire him just enough to get
the reaction you want. Then inspire no more
because that's all that is needed.

Because a horse's nature is easily
excitable, I only inspire action in the least
amount as possible.

It helps to get his respect but doesn't
cause a serious fear-reaction in him.

So like a mosquito drawn to a blond,
I want my horses drawn to me...and that, for
the most part, is a deep explanation of what's
going on behind the scenes.

See you tomorrow.


Andy Curry
www.horsetrainingandtips.com


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