I'm an avid reader and especially like
books on horse behavior and horse training. I love to
learn horse training. Horse trainer lessons
arise from horses to the trainer.
There's one book in particular I've been reading
called Talking With Horses. It was written by Henry
Blake.
I really like how he wrote his book because he often
says things like, "Here's what this horse taught
me..."
I often get amused at people who complain about their
horses because of some kind of misbehavior.
But what they fail to realize is their horse is
teaching them something. The horse is ALWAYS teaching
you something.
In Blake's book he talks about a horse called "The
Toff". The Toff wouldn't let anyone catch him. So one
day, Blake
set out to catch him.
He started right after breakfast and spent an amazing
nine hours the first day catching the horse.
Once caught, he'd make a "big fuss" about it with The Toff. (In other words, lots of petting and "atta
boys")
Then he'd let him go and catch him again. Each time he
did that he could catch the horse in less time. He
kept doing this until he could catch him whenever he
liked.
Then Blake said he's eternally grateful to this horse
because the horse taught him that when you start
something with a horse you must finish it...no matter
what happens. You keep going until you have done what
you set out to do.
You must have endless patience, never lose your
temper, and when he has done what you wanted him to
do, make a fuss of him. Then do it again and again
until he does it without question.
Amen!
Talk to you later.
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