>From Rick Lamb's book and newsletter:
Intimidation in Training
You can intimidate a horse into performing a certain way, but you'll be
making more work for yourself in the long run.
Let's set aside any questions about the morality of harsh horse
training methods. They do work, and they've worked for centuries. The
problem is, they have little staying power compared to gentle methods.
Consider what happens when you give horses trained with each approach a
couple months off. Trainer Mike Kevil:
"That is where you'll see the difference. You'll get on the horse that has
been intimidated and you're going to have to intimidate him all over again.
And see, he knows what's coming - the big, strong punch and the spur - and
he's ready to fight you. The other horse, because he learned in a soft way,
you ended that way, he trusts you. When you get on he just goes right on
with the program."
So, the fact of the matter is the gentle methods of natural horsemanship are
not only morally superior; they actually work better.
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Judy
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