| Horse training vs horse breaking ... is there a | | | | as not bolt upon any sudden noise or even slight |
| difference? | | | | disturbance. It may take weeks to train every step but |
| Many think they are one and the same and perhaps | | | | once that training sticks, it is there. So take your time |
| there are many who use them in conversation | | | | and do it well. |
| meaning them to be one and the same. There is a | | | | It is quite like riding a bike: once you learn, you don't |
| vast difference between the two terms so vast you | | | | forget. A horse is like that. Once he learns, he won't |
| can say they are polar opposites of one another. | | | | forget, and that goes along with any maltreatment set |
| A horse is an animal with a very limited, small brain and | | | | on him. That too is never forgotten. |
| it cannot absorb a barrage of commands thrown at | | | | A horse can only learn in sequence. Teach him one |
| him. | | | | thing. Once learned, teach him what follows. It takes on |
| Breaking a horse is doing just that ...forcing a horse to | | | | a pattern for the horse. Master comes, halter on; out |
| do whatever you will have him do with whatever | | | | of the stall, bridle on, saddle on. Step by step, |
| means you have at hand that you wish to use to | | | | depending on what you are going to ask him to do. |
| make that happen ..whether it be flogging with a whip | | | | Every action comes to be learned in a series of steps |
| or reins, kicking with the stirrups or yanking on the lunge | | | | leading to the culmination of whatever the action is to |
| line. It all results in breaking the spirit of the horse which | | | | be. |
| then becomes an animal that will never be of good | | | | The more patience and time you give your horse to |
| use to you or anyone else ever again. | | | | learn these steps: the greater a jewel you will |
| Training a horse calls on using practices completely | | | | ultimately have in your hands. |
| opposite of the "breaking" technique. | | | | Without these two elements- patience and time- you |
| A horse needs to be worked with using unflappable | | | | will only wind up with a broken horse, and you will also |
| patience.It needs to be ground trained before anyone | | | | have broken yourself for you will never have given |
| ever attempts to get on his back. | | | | yourself the opportunity to learn what it really is to build |
| Ground training begins with helping the animal know | | | | that true bond that is formed between man and horse. |
| where he is in relation to you at all times. Then it | | | | Horse training vs horse breaking- nowhere near |
| requires building a trust in it toward you .... for a horse | | | | remotely the same. |
| by nature is a jittery animal and untrained will as likely | | | | |