"Be as light as possible, but as firm as necessary" - CA
Now, I don't agree with everything he says and does, but I love that quote.
What is the most aggressive move, that you can remember, you've made to a horse?
I remember mine.
She was a thirteen(ish?) year-old AQHxTB mare. (She wasn't my horse, but I was caring and training her.)
I was feeding her and she came a full on King-Kong-bulldozer charge with that head held low, teeth baring, and ears pinned at me. I haven't been training that long with her (a little less than a week, maybe?) and that is one issue her owner said needed worked on. Anyway, I wasn't in the mood to get snaked (I never am, but, you know... :shock I was pretty mad at her. I was quite aggressive and chased that horse like she was gonna die. I stopped once she started show signs of submission.
Long story short, she has *NEVER* again even thought of trying to snake a person.
Now, I don't agree with everything he says and does, but I love that quote.
What is the most aggressive move, that you can remember, you've made to a horse?
I remember mine.
She was a thirteen(ish?) year-old AQHxTB mare. (She wasn't my horse, but I was caring and training her.)
I was feeding her and she came a full on King-Kong-bulldozer charge with that head held low, teeth baring, and ears pinned at me. I haven't been training that long with her (a little less than a week, maybe?) and that is one issue her owner said needed worked on. Anyway, I wasn't in the mood to get snaked (I never am, but, you know... :shock I was pretty mad at her. I was quite aggressive and chased that horse like she was gonna die. I stopped once she started show signs of submission.
Long story short, she has *NEVER* again even thought of trying to snake a person.