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Re: [RC] whackos everywhere - Sarah W


--- Ibiteraaarr@xxxxxxx wrote:
<<I am appalled at all the replies condoning
beating, whacking and hitting a 
horse on the head. 

Lisa, I don't think people are condoning BEATING a
horse. There is a HUGE 
difference between discipline and abuse. 

I think Liz sums it up nicely.  My training philosophy
is simply if you want to communicate to a horse,
you've got to talk like a horse.  In a herd situation,
a horse will get a swift kick from a herd member as
discipline for acting out of line.  Horses understand
the message with quick and somewhat painful responses
for their actions.  It is seen naturally in the wild
herds and among stablemates.  Just as I will bite a
biting horse back or will knee a horse in the side if
he crowds my space, I will give a sharp slap with my
reins if the discipline is warrented.  Horses do have
personalities and are very loyal friends to us, but
that does not mean we need to regard them as having
human emotions and needs... if we did, we'd all have
installed A/C and furnaces in the barns to accomodate
their living environments as if it were our own homes
(and we ALL know how horses will stand out in the
rain/sleet/snow before making way to the shelter
provided ... something humans will never understand!).
Just another thought on the whole matter.

Sarah
Lansing, MI


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