I was able to spend lots of time out with my horses this morning. It makes me see why it was that I wanted horses. The weather has been beautiful today, with mostly blue skies and an occasional cloud or two. Air temperature now is about 80 degrees.
Training horses is like working with someone who doesn't speak your language. The way to work together is to first find a common language then build your relationship from there. Developing the relationship around a language barrier can cause some misunderstanding at the beginning, but if both sides keep with it long enough, there is great reward. Each side learns some of the other's language and they both become better. So it is with horses. To begin with the horses know one language, 'run when a terrifying thing comes', the person is an unknown and 'what is that huge thing on top?' As a horse and rider continue working together the rider realizes that the horse is just staying safe. If something is terrifying, they run away from it. The horse realizes the person is trying to help and be a friend and in the end the horse realizes that the huge thing on top is just a harmless cowboy hat. The human's way to try to look as cool as a horse already does.
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