“Horses Eyes”

They say the eyes are are the gateway to the soul. When it was said, they were referring to us humans. But the truth is, it also refers to horses.

Many horse owners don’t understand the importance and usefulness of the horse’s eyes while training. That being so, let me share with you some things you may find useful - some you may know…some you may not.

First, there’s the eye which reveals a little about the character of the horse you’re working with. It may have a kind eye. A kind eye indicates the horse will be agreeable to train and will readily respond to your aids while training.
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“Barn Spoiled Horse”

It’s been weeks since you went riding. Now you have time to ride this afternoon and there ain’t no one gonna stop you. Excited, you saddle up your horse and get on him. You get about 50 feet from the barn spoiled horse and your horse turns around and goes back ? and you can’t stop him. Why? You have a barn spoiled horse. This is a common scenario for novice horse owners.

Here are the top three tricks to solve the barn spoiled horse sour problem.
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“Horse Training“

by Andy Curry.
As you likely know already, horses have at least 10 times our strength. If they also had our intelligence, they would probably be riding us humans. Fortunately, horses cannot reason like human beings and therefore will never have superior intelligence.

Since they don’t have reasoning abilities, horse training becomes a challenge because you now have to understand how their intelligence works. You have to know what works and why to really be effective.
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