Category: Training
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On the Difference Between Unnecessary Punishment and Correction
There is a difference between unnecessary punishment and correction. Today, I’m here to write about why it’s important to realize that horses don’t see punishment like we do, but that they can work well with fair correction. First, I’m going to use an example from my childhood involving an instructor who had me unnecessarily punish… Read more
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Build Trust By Relieving Doubts In A Horse’s Mind
Training without doubt isn’t just about dealing with doubts that build up within our human minds as we train; it’s also about the doubt that our horses develop as they interact with us. Do we really inspire trust between horse and human, or are our horse’s unrecognized doubts opening the door to miscommunication? Horses trained… Read more