Horseback Riding Tips - When Training, Patience Is Key
If you have ever had the pleasure of riding a well-trained horse, you know that joy.
A horse though, is not trained in a day.
It takes time, patience and consistency.
When you are attempting to train a horse, allow your patience to overcome the horse's persistence.
If you are patient, you will win the battle every time.
If you lose your patience, you have lost and will get nowhere.
Getting angry or frustrated will only compound your problems.
Anger has no place in horse training or handling.
Yelling, hitting, or kicking will only teach your horse to fear you.
There's no replacement or substitution for patience.
Sorry, there's just no way around it.
If you're looking for a shortcut, well you're just setting yourself up for failure down the road.
A horse, just like a human needs some repetition to learn.
And, as all people, some horses need more repetition than others.
You might come across "10 Easy steps to teach a wild horse to be ridden in an hour".
Coupled with a natural tendency to want to get things done fast, it causes many horse owners to train too fast and expect too much of their horses.
The horse may to able to do what you teach him that day, but the lesson taught will not be long-term.
Allow the horse as much time as he needs to really "get it".
Take your time and don't get discouraged by a lengthy lesson that accomplishes a small goal.
Patience is a virtue, they say...
Just wait, it'll happen.
If you feel yourself becoming angry or frustrated, find a way to end the session with your horse on a good note and take a break.
Consistency, too, is most important.
Your horse cannot be consistent with his performance, if you are not consistent with your signals.
I will talk more about that in a future article.
Just remember, horse training is not hard, though it does take time.
The only challenge in training a horse is having the patience to do it.
Most people, who believe horse training is hard, only think that because they try (and fail) all the shortcuts that only temporarily "fix" a problem (such as the use of harsh bits, spurs, whips, etc.
).
The easier and more permanent way is to throw away all those material things and gadgets and replace them with a patient mind and gentle hands.
A horse though, is not trained in a day.
It takes time, patience and consistency.
When you are attempting to train a horse, allow your patience to overcome the horse's persistence.
If you are patient, you will win the battle every time.
If you lose your patience, you have lost and will get nowhere.
Getting angry or frustrated will only compound your problems.
Anger has no place in horse training or handling.
Yelling, hitting, or kicking will only teach your horse to fear you.
There's no replacement or substitution for patience.
Sorry, there's just no way around it.
If you're looking for a shortcut, well you're just setting yourself up for failure down the road.
A horse, just like a human needs some repetition to learn.
And, as all people, some horses need more repetition than others.
You might come across "10 Easy steps to teach a wild horse to be ridden in an hour".
Coupled with a natural tendency to want to get things done fast, it causes many horse owners to train too fast and expect too much of their horses.
The horse may to able to do what you teach him that day, but the lesson taught will not be long-term.
Allow the horse as much time as he needs to really "get it".
Take your time and don't get discouraged by a lengthy lesson that accomplishes a small goal.
Patience is a virtue, they say...
Just wait, it'll happen.
If you feel yourself becoming angry or frustrated, find a way to end the session with your horse on a good note and take a break.
Consistency, too, is most important.
Your horse cannot be consistent with his performance, if you are not consistent with your signals.
I will talk more about that in a future article.
Just remember, horse training is not hard, though it does take time.
The only challenge in training a horse is having the patience to do it.
Most people, who believe horse training is hard, only think that because they try (and fail) all the shortcuts that only temporarily "fix" a problem (such as the use of harsh bits, spurs, whips, etc.
).
The easier and more permanent way is to throw away all those material things and gadgets and replace them with a patient mind and gentle hands.
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