Yea or Neigh?

Everone responds to gentleness, humans and animals alike. No one wants to be treated harshly or witness agression towards others, do they? Gentleness creates that warm fuzzy feeling that you get when you feel important, like you're worth something. Natural Horsemanship teaches gentleness to both horse and rider. Instead of forcing the animal to submit to your will, natural horsemanship teaches you how to ecourage the horse to achieve a goal not because they must obey, but because they want to do as you ask. There is a strong relationship, a bond, formed between horse and trainer that evokes feelings of pride and understanding. The horse learns from your kindness, and it is because of you that the horse knows how to preform certain tasks. When you're astride that horse after its training is complete, you can feel accomplished and be proud to know you were the one to train that horse.

Horse Sense

I realized just how many people have failed at training their own horses. I couldn'

t believe that people thought training such a large animal would be a simple task, expecially when using natural horsemanship. The thought of these inexperienced people attempting to train their own horses made me laugh. Even as a novice horse person I know enough to realize that training takes a lot of hard work and you really have to know what you're doing if you want to train the horse well. Websites from trainers all over the world give tips and tricks on how to train a horse, and some professionals even offer classes that teach you how to train you horse. I watched a few videos on training your own horse and it's a lot of work, but if you pay attention to the lesson you can avoid mistakes that these inexperienced people seem to be making. It's amusing that the impatientice and lack of common sense displayed by these individuals leads them to nothing but failure.