"if the milestone is too far away, look for a pebble inch." F.Heath
Inspiration comes from many directions, at least it does for me. I am always looking for the connections between ideas. Yesterday I learned that Aristotle believed an individual who had the capacity to perceive resemblances between two separate ideas (a metaphor) and link them together was a person with special gifts.
While I may have always naturally linked separate ideas I never considered it a special gift, but it is nice to believe someone else thinks that.
Working with a horse requires that you are constantly linking different ideas - looking for the one that will connect with the horse at that moment. While there are numerous skills required to start a colt, making the connections between your actions and their reactions is the most challenging as it requires that we can manage both our emotions and responses instantaneously. If a horse can react ten times faster than we can respond we're working at a bit of a disadvantage to start.
No matter which way you look at it working with a colt requires:
- skill
- knowledge
- timing & feel
- a good emotional balance point
- the ability to respond fairly under pressure
- the desire to offer the best solution for the colt
All of which take time - so constantly be on the look out for the inch pebble - or that in the moment result. The colt is only doing what he thinks needs to be done to save his life...... you're job is to convince him otherwise.
About Me
- Nancy Lowery
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Nancy has combined her experience as a project manager with her passion for working with people and horses to create The Natural Leader. Offering Leadership Development programs to corporate groups and leadership through horsemanship to a growing number of students. Nancy brings that same passion and energy to to 4H programs and individual coaching sessions.
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