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Horse Behavior and Training

Something to aspire to?

By:

pmpleau

Date:

2013-Mar-28 at 09:44AM

And actually, it isn't really all that difficult, all it takes is a lot of understanding and patience....and innate horse sense, which is able to be learned with time. Mind you, not for the novice of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n65eecQLz7E

The Lost Soul (Northeastern Wisconsin, USA) 2013-Mar-29 at 05:42AM

Probably not the best level to be starting at, but definitely something to strive for.

eternal_student NSW 2013-Mar-29 at 10:29AM

Holy crap! Ima go out & buy a stallion right now... Jks lol! Here's another thing to aspire to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBU2yFNA_Vo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Rudi - Pratteln, Switzerland 2013-Apr-01 at 04:45PM

Dear Paul
Thank you for the vast information you have entered into the forum. I would like to comment the video you have presented above. In my opinion this is a so called intraspecific communication between horse and trainer. That means the horse is treating the human like a horse (communication between the same species). This is very dangereous. It happens often with horses who have been raised by humans without contact to other horses. The relation should be interspecific. That means that the horse is treating us like a human (communication with another species). This general idea could be also the basis for your two different join-up's you have presented in another thread.
Anyway, the Nevzorov School is very interesting. It is not the first time that very important studies are performed in Russia, published only in their language. So, for decades the results don't arrive us.
Rudi

pmpleau 2013-Apr-01 at 07:30PM

I know exactly where you are coming from Rudi and you are absolutely correct. I hope that all noticed the "caveat" that I mentioned, that being, as you mentioned, that if one is going to use this method, to be very aware of and sensitive to the inherent dangers of anthropomorphism. I personally would and will incorporate a great deal of Nevzorov's work into the work with my horses, but then, I have been involved with horses since I was 10 years old and have been involved with raising and training horses for some 40 years now....: )

But Rudi, point taken, this is not for the novice or neophyte.

Cheers,

Paul

pmpleau 2013-Apr-01 at 07:32PM

By the way, the caveat about anthropomorphism was mentioned in a previous thread,....oooppss...I was remiss in not mentioning it in this one as well...sorry about that, one and all.

Paul