Horse Training: It's not what you think

It's Not What You Think


Hollywood and Horse Training have a
bit in common.

In Hollywood, you're often fooled by
what you see on the screen.

If you're a M*A*S*H fan maybe you knew
the outdoor scenes were shot at the 20th
Century Fox Ranch now in Malibu Canyon State
Park.

But most of the footage was shot at
Fox Studios where the M*A*S*H compound measured
only 45 feet by 90 feet with a Korean landscape
backdrop and a rubber floor.

Thus, you weren't always watching auth-
entic scenery. It wasn't what you thought. You
were fooled.

Us humans can be easily fooled sometimes -
just like in training horses.

Whenever a newbie to the horse training
world starts working with horses, he or she
tries various techniques that often don't work
on a horse.

Why?

Because what's "really" going on is
not what you think.

Amuzingly, new horse owners have a tend-
ency to think horses behave in much the same way
as dogs and/or cats.

A perfect example is trying to load a
horse into a trailer when he doesn't want to go.

You might see one person in front pulling
on the lead rope hurting the horse's neck while
another is in the trailer with hay in hand trying
to "bait" the horse into stepping in.

But it's not working for them because...

"It's not what they think."

You see, there are lots of reasons a horse
won't step into the trailer.

If he's "never" done it before, it's often
a claustrophobic thing and/or doesn't know what to do.

But if a horse has been in and out of a
trailer and now won't, it's likely he's associated
some negative thing with it.

So the trick is to get him over that.
And that could take several hours to correct.

Knowing that "correcting" takes a long
time, it makes sense to correctly teach a horse
the first time and not overwhelm him with lots
to think about.

When you teach a horse to load in a
trailer, you want to teach him to move forward at
your command.

When you point, he moves to the direction
you point.

When you finally get your horse up to the
trailer and you're pointing and he knows you want
him to keep moving...which means he must go in...then
you have conveyed (communicated) to him what he
needs to do.

Obviously, at first he may not go in...in
fact...probably won't. But he knows what you want.
And from there, you can work to get him in.

All these things come together as you learn
about horses and how they think, act, learn, and react.

I often get asked, "Should I learn 'how' to
do something? Or is it more important to know 'why'
to do something?"

The answer to both these questions is a
resounding Yes!

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands
and thousands of techniques you learn to teach a
horse to do various things,...but the most valuable
thing you could "EVER" know is the...

"Why!"

My trailer loading video shows you how to
get a horse to load - and it answers much of the
"why".
But if you "really" want to know the "why's"
of horses and horse training, I urge your to see the
Horse Trainer Owner's Manual.

So, if your horse isn't doing what you
ask and what you're asking isn't working, maybe
what's going on behind the scene is not what
you think.

So step back, regroup, try something else,
make sure you're not getting in your horse's way,
set him up to succeed, and keep at it.

Talk to you tomorrow.


Sincerely,

Andy Curry
www.horsetrainingandtips.com


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