Back in July, I wrote a post about what I believe are the qualities that make a true horse person. I listed several assets a person should possess such as being smart, emotionless, confident, etc.
When a horse is initially trying to figure out something, there is a distinct lack of clarity in its mind about what are its best choices when confronted with pressure.
The horse world is awash with training methods for every aspect of dealing with horses from handling foals to competing at the highest levels in any given sport.
The first step is to become brilliant at observing everything about your horse. Not just the bad behaviour, but observe what happened before the bad behaviour. What happened before what happened happened.
Do as much homework as possible on anybody you allow to interact with your horse. Do as much preparation as possible before you allow somebody to work with your horse.
Horse people (especially professional horse people) often credit their knowledge to the horses they have worked with. In my experience, this is mostly not true.
