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Does it help to whisper?
By Horse Guy | July 8, 2010
Become an incredibly effective horse trainer…
You’ll be surprised at just how easy that really is, but there are some very important rules to follow…
Just what IS a horse?
Among the animals of equal or greater strength, the horse is the most useful to man because of its superior nervous development. In fact, it has almost perfect control of its muscles and bones.
This perfect control gives instant response to any outside stimulus, for example: if you strike a horse with a whip you get immediate action of some kind.
It is because of this highly developed nervous organization that the horse has displaced all other beasts of burden among civilized people.
But here’s a common problem…
The horse is often given credit for more intelligence than he deserves. Many would even place him on a level of reason with the man. This is far from the case…
Now don’t get me wrong…Horses aren’t Stupid, but…
THE HORSE CANNOT REASON. I make this statement, not merely as a theory, but as a fact based upon more than twenty years of close observation and contact with many thousands of horses.
In this respect there is a vast gulf between man and horse- a gulf that no horse will ever cross. You need to understand this and take it into account if you want to be effective in training your animal!
Since the horse cannot talk and does not understand what you say, you will have to make your wants known to him in the first place through the sense of touch. Later this method of communication will be merged into that of voice and motions. As for instance, a touch of the whip will mean at first “Go on”; later a motion of the whip will have the same effect, and at last the word “Get-up” will mean the same thing.
When you talk to the horse through the sense of touch, take into consideration the nervous organization. To some horses a sharp stroke of the whip may be very cruel, because of the extreme sensitiveness of their nerves, or being thin skinned as many term it, when to another horse the same stroke would only attract attention.
Watch your horse closely so that you may know and act accordingly. You cannot train a horse and put only half your attention to your work. Be alert and keen, ready to take advantage of any sign of submission or willfulness.
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Originally posted 2008-06-04 10:04:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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