Training tips from Jason McInnes:
Holding your horse in the past
The
most valuable charactistic that the horse can offer us in terms of
training, is the ability to forgive us. The horse will recognize when
our behavior changes and will adapt to it on a daily basis. These
charactistics in the horse enables us to make mistakes in our learning
journey, but lucky for us, the horse doesn't hold a grudge.
We've all heard of horses with head shy issues and not being able to
get a halter on them or specific fears like spookiness. If we are aware
of it, we have a responsibility to help them get over it. These issues
for us all have lasting effects on us mentally, emotionally and
physically.
They
don't just get over these issues over night and we shouldn't think for
a moment that the horse has forgotten about those experiences either.
The horse is adapting to new conditions the owner or trainer is
presenting to them. As the conditions become more consistent, the horse
doesn't hold the past against us even if they were in an uneducated
environment.