| In the past, horse owners trained their horses with | | | | important. Horses learn conversely from the ways that |
| force and brutal punishments. But these days, horse | | | | people learn. They also learn through reinforcement. |
| training groundwork is practiced. This new training | | | | However, positive reinforcements must be given to |
| method has paved the way for trainers to have better | | | | them whenever they perform a task correctly. And |
| relationships with their horses. It basically focuses on | | | | whenever a negative reinforcement needs to be |
| the usage of various groundwork programs and | | | | given, it should be firm but gentle. So, for instance, if the |
| sending exercises to have good boundaries and | | | | trainer wants his horse to go left, he has to put his |
| communications with horses. This training method is | | | | hand firmly on the right shoulder of the horse. He has |
| also about the trainer's ability to work with his horse | | | | to apply enough pressure, so his horse will move. |
| while recognizing its basic instincts and mentality. He | | | | And once it has finally moved to the left, the trainer |
| must use the systems which have been developed | | | | has to stop applying the pressure. This will then lead |
| from the studies on wild horses and their ways of | | | | the horse into realizing that whenever it complies with |
| communicating with one another. | | | | its trainer, the trainer will stop applying a negative force. |
| Then, when practicing the horse training groundwork | | | | The pressure or the negative force must never be |
| methods, the trainer must use the basic techniques. He | | | | used as punishment, though; hence, it should only be |
| has to master them in order to achieve the positive | | | | used as a measure for natural horse training. |
| results that he wants. These techniques involve | | | | Moreover, the trainer must reward his horse for its |
| communication and training timing which are very | | | | good performances. |