There should be a few thousand pro horse trainers out there. Like with all professions, there are those horse trainers who are in a class of their own, there are those who are very good, and there are those who are adequate. If you want your pony trained, you wouldn't lose anything much by going to these professionals. But then, there those so called trainers who are fully in the wrong profession. They should be getting out, and they are the people you want to stay away from.
Similarly, there are a lot of pony owners who do their own horse coaching. Many of them are astonishingly good, and a lot of them are good or adequate. A number of them are always griping about problem horses, though how much their gripes are justified is generally debatable.
Behavioural Science was my major back in my academic days, and over time, this has enabled me to carry out a deep research of what successful folk have that others don't..
And my unshakeable conclusion is this: successful folk are past pros at focusing.
Unconsciously, perhaps, I have soaked up a lot from these observations. That's probably why I have a brilliant success record with the horses I have trained. I have regularly been asked why my results are so quick and so effective. My response never varies: you achieve success when your aims are totally clear and you exercise laser focus.
I start working on my foals from day one I am in a position to get them to lead and pick up feet in just three days or so. I am also able to get them to wear my hat, a rather dangerous unknown object for them to start with, inside that period: this signifies my success at earning their trust.
My horses customarily get turned out as a herd. When I work on a foal, I give that foal and the training I'm trying to convey to it every single bit of attention and concentration I have got. When I am attempting to get it to pick up its feet, I am just about focused on doing so, simultaneously, some kind of antenna is watching out for me, because I am extremely alert to the sound of steps and the approach of the other horses.
What am I leading up to?
When you have a halter on your horse and you are trying to make him lead, there should be nothing on your mind but the horse, the commands you are giving and his responses to your commands. Obviously, I'm really not aware of any verifiable evidence that horses can read human minds. But I can just talk from my own experience, which includes a heap of examples of horses responding perfectly to tacit commands, so long as the command giver is totally focused, with nothing else in the slightest under consideration.
You aren't going to get far if the thought and then the command 'walk' to your pony is immediately followed by an internal picture of dinner at home. That thought and command must be followed by another thought and command that is pertinent to your task at hand , with no diversions and no psychological journeys into diversions.
Don't be stunned if your pony looks back at you in misunderstanding, like he's wondering just what your dinner has to do with his coaching.
I hear frequent grouses about horses not paying attention. I usually respond to the complainer by asking him to call me over for their next training session. When they do that, I ask them to lead their horses. Inside two minutes I can tell whether or not they are on the job mentally or if they have wandered some place else. Usually, I find that poor tutor focus results in poor pony response. I have positively no doubt that the better trainers are those who work when they work, and leave play for the times set aside for playing.
The equation is simple: your horse is
Similarly, there are a lot of pony owners who do their own horse coaching. Many of them are astonishingly good, and a lot of them are good or adequate. A number of them are always griping about problem horses, though how much their gripes are justified is generally debatable.
Behavioural Science was my major back in my academic days, and over time, this has enabled me to carry out a deep research of what successful folk have that others don't..
And my unshakeable conclusion is this: successful folk are past pros at focusing.
Unconsciously, perhaps, I have soaked up a lot from these observations. That's probably why I have a brilliant success record with the horses I have trained. I have regularly been asked why my results are so quick and so effective. My response never varies: you achieve success when your aims are totally clear and you exercise laser focus.
I start working on my foals from day one I am in a position to get them to lead and pick up feet in just three days or so. I am also able to get them to wear my hat, a rather dangerous unknown object for them to start with, inside that period: this signifies my success at earning their trust.
My horses customarily get turned out as a herd. When I work on a foal, I give that foal and the training I'm trying to convey to it every single bit of attention and concentration I have got. When I am attempting to get it to pick up its feet, I am just about focused on doing so, simultaneously, some kind of antenna is watching out for me, because I am extremely alert to the sound of steps and the approach of the other horses.
What am I leading up to?
When you have a halter on your horse and you are trying to make him lead, there should be nothing on your mind but the horse, the commands you are giving and his responses to your commands. Obviously, I'm really not aware of any verifiable evidence that horses can read human minds. But I can just talk from my own experience, which includes a heap of examples of horses responding perfectly to tacit commands, so long as the command giver is totally focused, with nothing else in the slightest under consideration.
You aren't going to get far if the thought and then the command 'walk' to your pony is immediately followed by an internal picture of dinner at home. That thought and command must be followed by another thought and command that is pertinent to your task at hand , with no diversions and no psychological journeys into diversions.
Don't be stunned if your pony looks back at you in misunderstanding, like he's wondering just what your dinner has to do with his coaching.
I hear frequent grouses about horses not paying attention. I usually respond to the complainer by asking him to call me over for their next training session. When they do that, I ask them to lead their horses. Inside two minutes I can tell whether or not they are on the job mentally or if they have wandered some place else. Usually, I find that poor tutor focus results in poor pony response. I have positively no doubt that the better trainers are those who work when they work, and leave play for the times set aside for playing.
The equation is simple: your horse is
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