....take all violence out of the training.
My OTTB is coming along better than I ever thought possible...that others thought possible. I'm quite confident that soon we'll be ready for trails. But as I work with my horse at this ranch and I see one trainer in particular, I am reminded that when my horse is being...well, a horse...that it's alright and not a reason to raise my voice, hit, slap or otherwise "discipline" her. The Dually halter is a constant and when she's not listening to me, I school her as I've learned to and then we're back on track. 20 seconds and boom, I've made a trusted friend for life. This is important because someone, or several someone's in my horse's past were like this other trainer. I am finding myself cleaning up some unwanted behaviors. I do my best to make patience, non-violence and love what I'm really doing- the horsing part is extra.
And when I see this other trainer who is quite the opposite, I feel sorry for the horse. And I look at mine and remember, "take all violence out of the training". It's because of this, my OTTB will be trail-ready here soon. Monty, my Join-UP hat is off to you, my friend. Thank you
You are so right ! And well done to you for sticking with your principles for your horse :)
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Also... "My [horse] is coming along better than I ever thought possible...that others thought possible"... i feel like that happens so often, if not everytime, with the join-up approach I can't understand why more people aren't practising it yet.
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Thanks for sharing your story !
That's great.
Violence is not the key, nor is it the way to a good friendship.
Lucie- agreed! I have thought the same thing. Why more people don't use this is beyond me. I totally understand why Her Majesty has implemented it.
Dionne- Agreed! ahimsa (non-violence) has always been important to me as both a yogini and a Buddhist practitioner. This is good stuff!