| If anyone tells you that horse training is easy or fun, | | | | trainers to step in and pick up where they left off. Well, |
| don't listen to them. It's not and never has been. There | | | | horses are smart animals and they know that when |
| is no secret method to training a horse and no way to | | | | you ask someone to train them, you are essentially |
| get around the painstaking work. But, there are ways | | | | giving up on them. There is a possibility that your horse |
| that are a little easier on you, better for the horse, and | | | | rider relationship will never be what you wanted it to |
| enable you to create a relationship with your horse | | | | be. |
| that is built on trust, safety, and enjoyment rather than | | | | However, by adopting alternative horse training |
| fear and intimidation. | | | | techniques, you may find an easier and quicker way to |
| A lot of people, after they get their first horse, spend | | | | train your horse. One professional trainer, Eric Bravo, |
| an inordinate amount of time with training. They spend | | | | has created a program that accentuates the positive |
| so much time, in fact, that they never get to enjoy the | | | | reinforcement and kinder aspects of training a horse. |
| horse. Horse training doesn't have to be that way. You | | | | Gentle Natural Horsemanship shows how you can |
| can enjoy your horse while still reinforcing positive | | | | train a horse without intimidation and pain, while still |
| behaviors and eliminating negative ones. | | | | showing the horse who is in charge. It is a great way |
| Many people, after spending years trying to get their | | | | to train quickly and start doing what you wanted - |
| horses under their control, resort to asking professional | | | | enjoying your horse. |