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Re: RC: Lazy person's training



Lif,
Sounds like a winner to me!  The barn where I board has a pond in the back
field, and my friend Donna has talked about wanting to put a bridge across
it so she and her mom could stand or sit there and fish.  We decided if she
ever did that, though, there'd have to be a gate or chain across both ends
or the horses would be playing on it just for fun!  On the other hand, if
the horse you want to ride is standing on the other side of the pond, that
could be very convenient..
Mickie

Lif Strand wrote:

> I think I will write a book about how to take your whole lifetime to
> train a horse, a totally stress free experience that involves expending
> the smallest amount of energy.
>
> Over the years, we've come to feel that stress free training, while very
> slow in the beginning, winds up being the fastest method in the long
> run.
>
> For example:  Our horses are all fine with bridges and walking on other
> strange sounding surfaces.  Why?  Because the Lazy Trainer Method(tm) of
> training calls for building practice bridges and other things and
> putting them out in the middle of the field.  That's all you do.
> Eventually every horse not only walks on these things (we think because
> it's something different and therefore fun to do), but they seem to make
> a point of going out of their way to walk on them.
>
> Tarp training:  Put one out in the field and forget it.  Eventually they
> will mess with it and train themselves.  Same thing with lots and lots
> of objects.
>
> We highly recommend this method!  Look for the book at stores near you -
> oh, sometime down the line when I get around to it.  Lif
>
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