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[RC] Understanding the horse partnership - Dodie SableTitle: MessageI am still somewhat surprised (although I suppose I shouldn't be) by the number of people who are sufficiently conceited about their own power that they think horses have no say in what they do. Your horse is bigger, stronger, and faster than you are...he does exactly and only what he damned well pleases. Horses only comply with our own requests because they are good natured ~~~~~~~~~ Whew...I ordinarily wouldn't get into this thread except this statement sent me rolling across the floor in a fit of laughter. The equines that I have been training for the past 25+ years must be of a different branch on the equus tree...because all that I've learned about horses in those years is that horses [in general] are quick to allow the smarter stronger horse in the herd take control and lead for survival purposes. It is this nature which gives us the ability to train them as a riding/driving/working partner with little effort. While there are gregarious independent individuals who "do exactly as they please" and no amount of training will change their behaviors and attitudes, those horses are rare and do not make suitable partners for human/horse relationships. And over the years, the horses I have trained have trained me as much as I have trained them. Any rider who doesn't believe that statement should hang up his chaps and get a goldfish. Dodie
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