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06/26/2023

Same goes for horseback riding lessons and horse training!

A giant ship's engine broke down and no one could repair it, so they hired a Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years of experience.

He inspected the engine very carefully, from top to bottom. After seeing everything, the engineer unloaded his bag and pulled out a small hammer.

He knocked something gently. Soon, the engine came to life again. The engine has been fixed!

A week later the engineer mentioned to the ship owner that the total cost of repairing the giant ship was $20,000.

"What?!" said the owner.

"You did almost nothing. Give us a detailed bill."

The answer is simple:

Tap with a hammer: $2

Know where to knock and how much to knock: $19,998

The importance of appreciating one's expertise and experience...because those are the results of struggles, experiments and even tears.

If I do a job in 30 minutes it's because I spent 20 years learning how to do that in 30 minutes. You owe me for the years, not the minutes.

Credits Goes to the respective Author ~✍️

01/20/2023

Excellent point!!

Self-carriage lies at the very heart of ethical horse training. It is all about training the horse to continue to offer cued responses without any further signalling from the rider. In other words, to keep doing whatever they’re asked to do until signalled otherwise. Of course, this idea does not make much sense because the question arises as to how long should the horse keep doing what you have trained him/her to do? That is where the rider’s seat and the handler’s steps are involved. The rider’s seat and the handler’s steps are the ‘keep going’ signals to continue ‘persistency’ of responses that was mentioned earlier in this text. Horses stay sound for longer when they are trained to maintain self-carriage because they are finding their own balance without support of the reins and because they are not subject to constant nagging pressures.

Self-carriage means that the horse maintains balance, speed, direction and posture without help from the rider/handler. Therefore, if the rider lets the reins go loose or takes their legs away from the horse for a stride or two, the horse should continue to travel at the same speed, on the same line and with the same head carriage. Although the term ‘self-carriage’ usually refers to the sport of dressage in walk, trot and canter, it also refers to any speed including the gallop and any horse activity.

This is an excerpt from 'Modern Horse Training: Equitation Science Principles & Practice, Volume 1', available on our website: https://esi-education.com/

10/26/2022

Too funny!! Yet true… 😂😂

Thank you, so much 🤣
credits: The Cinchy Cowgirl

06/13/2022

There is nothing better than the love of a great horse and great friends ♥️🥰

The key to happiness? Good friends and great horses! ❤️