I've been very fortunate be have been around horses, bred, trained, driven, competed in dressage and cross-country (very scarey) from the age of 6. My parents knew nothing of horses and we looked after all our horses and ponies ourselves and learnt (sometimes the hard way) as we went along. This has taught me so much about communication (that's non-verbal!) and getting along with people, including;
It doesn't matter how hard you pull or push, you can’t physically move a horse-you have to encourage it to want to do move (or do something).
Sometimes things go wrong which can be frustrating. To move on you need to be calm and either try again with clear signals or take a different course of action.
Just like people they're all different and need treating differently.
When teaching a horse you need to stack the odds in your favour-if the horse doesn’t do whatever you wanted, you need to take responsibility and realise you’ve’ probably missed out a bit of the jigsaw.
Sometimes its just not worth the fight! Come back another day and try again!-you need to understand you and your horse to know when you're going to lose the fight!
When my horse and I are connected, it’s just an amazing feeling and I can sometimes ride by thinking, hardly using any signals.
It's great when they see you, whinny and come over for some contact.
I know all my horses pretty well and for each, know their favoured spot for massaging.
Don’t bother if your in a hurry-they know and play you up!
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Can any of the above techniques help YOU in your job/business/family life?
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