Horse Training: How To Start And Stop The Daily Training Session

As you likely know, horses have a fantastic memory.

And like all things in life, there’s
a trade off with having a good memory.

If you work with the horse and he’s
happy and you want him to learn certain things,
his memory is such that he’ll remember what
you’ve taught him.

The trade off is, he’ll remember what
you taught him.

Huh?

What I mean is this.

Whatever the horse learns is what he
will remember.

What he remembers best is what he did
for you to leave him alone or get rewarded.

Thus, if you go to catch your horse and he
runs from you…a lot…and you finally catch
him and once you do you pet him…he’ll think,

‘I get it.  I run from him for 30 minutes, I let him
catch me, and then I get petted – so I’ll keep running
from him every time I see him.’

Don’t want the horse thinking that!

Anyway, because of how the horse learns and how
powerful his memory is, we want to start off and
end each lesson in a good way.

I like to start off my horses with lovin’
on them a bit.

I brush them, talk to them, etc.

Why?

Because I want them looking forward to being with me.

If they don’t want to be with me, then I don’t
fell like I get the cooperation I want.

Now I know other trainers who don’t take
this approach – and that’s fine.

We all have our own way.

I just kind of like the Abraham Lincoln
philosophy where Lincoln said:

“To persuade a man to your way of thinking, you
must first convince him you are his friend.”

Frankly, horse training is a lot like that.

Paul Esh, a featured trainer, does this very thing too.

http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-paulesh.html

He understands the power of having the horse
want to be with you. Likewise, you want to end
the session with the horse where he’s not mad but
rather in a good state of mind.

Put him away when he’s mad or fearful, then that’s
what you’re gonna have when you work with him the next day.

This is a great thing to do when working with a horse in
daily sessions.  Start out friendly and end friendly.

If you want to see a great trainer in action showing
this very thing (and lots of other effective techniques),
check out Paul Esh’s video.

Go to:

http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-paulesh.html

Ok…that’s is for today – Stay safe with your horses.

Charlie

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