| Anyone wanting to know the basic method of horse | | | | horse. |
| breaking applied in the past can rent a western movie. | | | | If you are not a competent horse handler you have no |
| Watching is about all the method is useful for as today | | | | place training a green horse. A green horse is the term |
| there are far kinder ways in which to break in a horse. | | | | used to describe a horse that is unbroken and thus |
| I really do not like to use the term breaking simply as | | | | had very little if any training. I say this because a green |
| the word breaking, denotes force. Ultimately horse | | | | horse will be bold and challenge you and you could |
| breaking is training of the horse. Training for a work or | | | | very well be tempted to react with force or violence |
| pleasure horse, has the same basic method of getting | | | | through fear. |
| a horse to submit to man. | | | | When you are considering training a young horse and |
| Training horses has two main methods, the old and the | | | | you have never done so before, have a |
| new. The old technique is still very much in use today, | | | | knowledgeable trainer with you. Untrained or green |
| but has been refined and altered along the way. That | | | | horses often cost less than a trained horse and it is for |
| is to say that in most countries where horse folk are | | | | this reason many people are tempted to buy them. |
| being educated, they no longer hurt the horse. | | | | Once again if you do not have the skill to train the |
| In the old days one would tie a horse up to a fence for | | | | horse without using violence and force, either have |
| hours until he had no fight left in him and one could then | | | | someone help you or send it to a trainer first. |
| sit in the saddle and not be bucked off. Today | | | | When you take the extra care and attention to train a |
| thankfully man has learned to work with horses | | | | horse humanely and effectively, you have a horse that |
| instead of simply dominating them. | | | | is happy to be handled; a horse that can be handled by |
| The new method of training known as natural | | | | most people too. That way you ensure a beginning |
| horsemanship may not be entirely new, but the trend | | | | relationship of trust between man and the horse which |
| and following is. Natural horsemanship as against | | | | is essential to get the best performance from your |
| simple horse breaking does not involve the horse | | | | horse. |
| submitting to man. | | | | Horse breaking is the start of training a horse to work |
| Instead man learns to communicate in the horses own | | | | with man. Today there is certainly no excuse when |
| language and becomes the horses leader, like the | | | | horse breaking is a cruel act. It makes common sense |
| stallion of a herd. You do not have to be an | | | | then to create a long lasting relationship of trust |
| experienced horse professional of old nor an aspiring | | | | through kindness. It will continually be proven that |
| natural horsemanship individual to realize that violence | | | | horses do not need to be driven into submission. How |
| is not needed to train a horse. No matter what method | | | | wonderful the feeling is when this big powerful animal |
| of training you follow it always pays to respect the | | | | actually wants to please us. |