Training
Philosophies
I
follow the more modern gentle training methods that
have gained widespread acceptance over the past two decades or so. While some would call my
methods “natural
horse training”, I choose to call what I do “common sense horsemanship”. The reason for this is I
believe by
explaining it by using the phrase “common sense” it helps the weekend
trail
rider or local horse owner realize that they already have the tools
they need
to achieve the goals they have for their horses and themselves.
My
basic philosophy centers on the “make the wrong
thing hard and the right thing easy” premise.
I believe that there is nothing more important than having
with a solid
foundation and building up from there.
Along with that I also believe that anything that one
wants to teach a
horse to do from the saddle can be taught from the ground first. I do not teach a horse to
do any one
particular event/discipline. Instead
I
teach a horse the different aspects they will need to be able to
perform in
order to succeed in whatever function they will be used for. I believe that a horse
that has been trained
to act off of the rider’s cues will perform much better than a horse
that has
been trained for a specific discipline.
I also that a horse learns much
better and more
quickly when given a specific job to do.
That job can be anything from riding trails to competing in the rodeo
arena but when a horse has a specific job to do they have the
opportunity to
succeed and therefore are less likely to have issues.
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