I was recently talking to somebody about the good ‘ol days when I was serious about competing in dressage and jumping. We swapped tall stories about our adventures.
While it is possible to have correctness and mental softness, it is NOT automatically true that one leads to the other. Yet so many instructors and trainers talk as if you can’t have one without the other.
I have a question about herd dominance. I have asked many people this question and have not received a clear explanation. So I am putting it out to you in the hope you can help me understand herd behaviour better.
There is a saying that was popularized by Ray Hunt and which has been repeated again and again by many people, “A horse knows when you know and knows when you don’t know.”
We all want horses to enjoy their job. It doesn’t matter what the job is; we want working with us to be something they feel comfortable about and not dread.
