I will have to look that up Buckeye. I am always willing to learn, just not what has been slung my way as natural horsemanship. Literally almost got me killed on one of her own school horses.
We work hard- we are taught proper horsemanship down to the smallest detail. I personally do not let horses walk all over me- they listen to their job gets significantly harder
the *being boss* will get you nowhere with a smart horse, and could get you hurt. Dont even try to boss a mule, haha.
It is the responsibility of the rider to communicate through aids and body in a way the horse can understand and then act in a desirable way. It does not matter if you are asking for piaffe in upper level dressage, or for a sliding stop in reining, or for your horse to cross a creek on a trail ride. It all works the same in the horses mind. They have no idea what a ribbon or belt buckle is. They are just trying to get along with their human and maybe get that carrot at the end of the day haha
Natural Horsemanship is good until it is not, it can get you in a lot of trouble down the road depending on who you are learning from. My old natural horsemanship trainer about got me killed.
Any horse can be ruined It's up to us who want good horsemanship to fix their issues I, as a trainer, focus on good stable and ground manners from an early age especially since I work with show jumping horses No point in having a brilliant jumper whose a little shit to try do anything else with That's just my opinion though 🤷🏼♀️
Let's just say I had never heard of natural horsemanship until I switched disciplines. Of course it is possible to do shows or ride english and still bond with your horse. Around here though, there isn't training for that unless you ride Western. 🤷🏼♀️
As always, there are good and bad in all areas. Some people put way too much emphasis on results instead of good horsemanship and improving yourself and your horse to be able to do more and better things. The awards, IF you compete, should just be icing on the cake. Competition should be viewed as a way to have fun and test if your methods and hard work are getting you somewhere positive, and increasing yours and your horses skills
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