Horse Training Creativeness: The 5th 0f 6 Keys To Developing A Partnership With Your Horse

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Horse Training Creativeness: The 5th Of 6 Keys To Developing A Partnership With Your Horse

The 6 Keys To Building A Life Long Partnership With Your

Horse.

Today I am going to ask you to think about being creative when playing with your horse.

I would like you to remember that when I use terms such as horse training and natural horsemanship I am actually referring to playing with your horse.

Of the 6 keys, the two most difficult to grasp are mind-set

(attitude) and creativeness (imagination). Of these two

creativeness is the most difficult. This is where you need

to work on your self and play with your hose. You need to

ALLOW your creativeness to come through. Think about when

you were a child, how active your imagination was, and how

creative you were. As adults, we have forgotten how to use

our imagination and creative powers. When playing with your

horse it's important that you learn to use your imagination

and be creative again.

You need to challenge your self and your horse. Don't be

satisfied with mediocre results. As I have mentioned

earlier, there are only six things a horse can do - move

forward, backward, left, right, up and down, and there are a

thousand challenges for each.

An example might be, moving your horse (forward) into horse

trailer, not much of a challenge unless he hasn't been

loaded in a trailer before, but let's say he hasand is good

at loading forward, a greater challenge might be to load him

by backing him in. Now you are challenging both you and

your horse.

The next time you are out riding, look for all the

challenges that are staring you right in the face.

Let's say your horse won't cross a stream, but

you work at this challenge until you get him to cross. Now

what? How about getting him to side pass through the

stream or even back through the stream. How many other

creative ideas can you come up with? Great, now you'

re using your imagination!

I think it's important to note that most people are

generally looking for answers in a logical way. They want

rules and regulations and apply them to horses. Things can

change quickly when you're dealing with horses and a

dogmatic approach is not the answer. You need to be

flexible and change as the situation dictates.

In horse training or natural horsemanship there are no rules

or regulations that fit all situations only goals and

principles and adjustments you will need to make to fit the

situation.

Once you have the knowledge about mindset, understanding,

patients, approach and equipment, then you need to put in the

time it takes to be successful. The last ingredient need,

is to be creative, use your imagination to come up with

adjustments to fit any situation you may be in with your

horse.

Remember, things can change quickly when training your horse. Rather than training your horse to put up with your shortfalls, use the six keys.

Have fun with your horse(s)!

Mike

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In the next article, we will discuss the last of the 6 Keys

Equipment? Having the proper equipment, understanding

what it's for and how it's used is essential.

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