I believe that teaching people is similar to teaching horses in that when they are struggling, I need to be very supportive and be happy for the small victories. But when they are doing it easily, I will push the boundaries and express criticism for half-tries.
FROM STUDENT TO PROFESSIONAL
WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU SPEAK?
IF THERE IS ONE THING ….
Training Is Not Learned From A Technical Manual
Linear Thinking
We look at a horse doing something we want to change and we instantly see the thing they are doing as the problem we need to attack. It’s linear thinking and it’s narrow thinking. The world runs on this type of thinking, so it should not be such a surprise to me that we do it when it comes to our horses.