The mental approach potentially has more to do with good horsemanship than any physical ability. An approach based mostly on reciprocity is what marks the good horseman or horsewoman out from the rest of the field.
You can persuade a pony into doing what you want or you can force him. But a look at any top pro should tell you the right path to go in.
Have you really paid attention to the way pros handle their horses? Have you been observant enough to notice the casual approach that appears to be a part of professionals? Try and remember if you’ve ever seen a truly good rider swear at his or her horse. How often have you seen a pro rider getting physical with his or her horse?
Communication between a good rider and his horse is just about free from difficulties and misunderstandings. Horses take their cues from the infrequent word and the regular physical nudges of their riders. In a way, handling a pony isn’t different from handling a little child.
The horseman or horsewoman communicates with his or her horse thru the reins and the legs and hands, especially the seat. The ability to brilliantly communicate comes with a lot of practice and patience. Wherever you are, grooming your horse in the stable, riding him out on the ranges, doing a show with him,you have got to be very alert to your horse’s behavior patterns, moods and personality.
You can’t afford to stop learning. I learn plenty not only from my private interplay with horses, but also from my findings of other horsemen and horsewomen with their horses. Experience has given me the ability to make out the docile pony from the enthusiastic one at a peek. I’m able to make out a pony which has been treated well by its owners from the pony which has endured a bit of abuse. I have also become streetwise enough to recognize the true horse person from the person who has fancy saddles and riding habits and little horse sense. It is not true that you become a good horse person only if you have lived around horses all your life. Neither is it required for you to have ridden horses since you were tall enough to reach up to the stirrup. I was town bred and born, and was in my teens before I had my first exposure to horses not yoked to carriages. I went cowgirl inside a really brief time. I have to admit to a life-long keenness for horses and to having read up on everything I could find about horses and horsemanship, even if I used to be a city slicker. I was also lucky in having a great tutor and mentor. For an extended period of time, my life was a continual series of rodeos, events and videos. I now bow to no one in my understanding of horses. If you dream of turning into a horse person, remember that the one thing stopping you is you.
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