Horse Breaking Explained

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

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Anyone wanting to know the basic method of horse breaking applied in the past can rent a western movie. Watching is about all the method is useful for as today there are far kinder ways in which [...]

Horse Training: Breaking vs. Newer Philosophies

Monday, May 26th, 2008

We’ve all seen the western-themed movies where the cowboys are faced with the challenge of “breaking” a wild horse. Technically, the term breaking refers to the conditioning of a horse to accept a human as the dominant side of a relationship.
The word actually derives from the idea of breaking the animal’s spirit, and most evolved [...]