Training is a continuum. How a horse feels about being caught in part determines how well it stands when receiving its gold medal after winning the GP dressage test at the Olympics.
About 30 years ago I got a phone call from a teenage girl asking if she could come and work for me during school holidays as part of the work experience program run by her school.
People seem to have different ideas of what makes an experienced horse person. I am often told by new students about their level of experience and it always seems to be assessed by the number of years they have been riding.
When the subject of horse behaviour comes up one of the first things that come to a lot of minds is the notion that the relationship between humans and horses is dominated by the relationship between a prey animal (horse) and a predator (human).
