"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.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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