Where are you at?

There is nothing like putting a video out there - for the experts to appear. It's an interesting test one could say.

But I stand by what I know and what I do. Thing is it is really easy to get opinionated about what you think you see someone else doing. Long ago I learned to hold my judgement on what I "thought" I saw to see what the results were. When I let go of my own bias's and judgements it was really interesting to reflect on what I learned.

There are as many ways to work with a horse as there are people. The method you chose must suit your personality and inevitably you have to redefine what is within your comfort zone.

How I start a colt is very different than how I might work with a horse who has developed "undesirable" behaviours. That horse wan't born that way, but he learned that from his interactions with humans. As I see it, the way a horse thinks. Is it's worked with other humans why wouldn't this one be any different?

Well I am different and I don't particularly like getting pushed, stepped on or dragged around. So I make that pretty clear. I am more than willing to match the energy a horse puts into being rude with a message that makes it pretty clear - that kind of behaviour is unacceptable to me. Sometimes you just have to speak louder in order to be heard - whispering will just not cut it.

So what some people see as unacceptably harsh behaviour -- are missing some of the prelude to the video and are not seeing the power that a horse can put into what appears to be a minor infraction.

What I do recognise is the change in the horse's behaviour - something that is hard to capture in a 10 min youtube video. As I get better at editing the video clips - I'm pretty confident people will see what I see.