Horse Training - The Thomas Edison philosophy

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Like a novice horse owner successfully
training a horse the first time, Thomas Edison
was absolutely shocked when his phonograph
worked the first time.

Funny thing is, he wasn't trying to
invent a phonograph. He was actually trying
to create...

a Telephone Answering Machine!

Yep,...it's true.

And Edison was blown away when it worked
on his first try.

The problem was that he couldn't see
how you could leave a message for someone via
the telephone.

Ultimately, the device became the phono-
graph.

It's funny how people set out to do
something and the outcome is very different than
what they sought.

I've seen that happen with training horses
again and again.

People just learning step out with the
horse to try various things and they learn some-
thing quite valuable.

The part that makes me smile is that the
horse taught them something.

But really,...that's how it works. That's
how,...over thousands of years...we've been able
to train the horse - by learning what works with it.

We noticed what worked, we kept using it,
and we passed it to the next generation.

I promise you there isn't a horse trainer
alive that was born with automatic insight.

They learned their knowledge from other
horse people and horses themselves.

They pull from their bag of tricks every
"best working trick" they have. And if it doesn't
work, they try another.

But mostly, horse trainers have a bag of
tricks they stick to because what they use is what's
worked for them.

It also depends on their philosophy.

Richard Shrake calls his training "Resistance
Free" because his philosophy is if the horse is feeling
fear or excitement, he'll resist learning.

So Shrake looks for the horse's green lights
before he continues to teach a horse.

That philosophy is not shared by all
horse trainers. (But I kind of like it)

My philosophy is to not trigger the horse's
fear button.

A scared student doesn't learn and has
trouble trusting.

Thus, I want the horse to be comfortable
around me. My philosophy is that he learns faster
and looks forward to being with me.

That's exactly what I want.

Jesse Beery, the famous horse trainer from
the late 1800's, was big on making your horse your
friend...not your slave.

He, too, knew the value of befriending the
horse.

What's your philosophy?


Sincerely,

Andy Curry
www.horsetrainingandtips.com


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