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| Have you ever read, "Talking With Horses." ? | | | | Thus, I kind of think it's the rhythm of the words and |
| It was written by a horse trainer named Henry Blake. | | | | repetition of it being said over and over. It mesmerizes |
| He's quite the horseman. He has a neat perspective | | | | them. |
| about horses you should read about if you're | | | | I like to think of it as a sort of poetry for horses. Often |
| interested in how to train a horse. | | | | when us humans listen to poetry written in songs, |
| There's something he does around his horses that I | | | | stories, or what have you, the rhyming words reach |
| really like - he calls it "Sing-Song". | | | | out and grab you by the ear drums and cause you to |
| He uses it to calm a frightened horse. | | | | pay attention. |
| What he says in a sing-song, gentle voice is this: | | | | You tend to focus on what's being said and forget |
| "There's a clever, boy, there's a clever boy, there's | | | | about what you were just thinking about. |
| clever little fellow". | | | | Perhaps you have read some Dr. Suess books. His |
| That's it. That's all there is to it. | | | | books exploded with rhymes. Often, the words that |
| At first glimpse you may be tempted to discount this | | | | rhymed were made up and made no sense. But they |
| nifty trick. But there's actually some mojo here. | | | | were captivating nonetheless. |
| Now this begs the question "Is it the words that steady | | | | And it's my humble, unscientific, professional, |
| him? Is it the tone of voice? What is it? | | | | non-proven opinion that this is part of how this |
| First, the tone of voice is important. After all, if you said | | | | sing-song works on horses. |
| this in a threatening tone of voice it wouldn't calm him. | | | | Anyway, I thought you might like this valuable little gem. |
| Thus, the pleasant, gentle, calm voice is one of the | | | | It's yet another technique one trainer uses that others |
| keys. | | | | never heard of yet can add to their bag of tricks. |
| Secondly, animals cannot speak a human language | | | | It's amazing what you can learn from different horse |
| although they know certain words mean certain things | | | | trainers because each has there unique things they do. |
| once they're trained to it. | | | | That's why SuperStars of Horse Training exists. You |
| Plus, when the horse hears "There's a clever boy...." it | | | | learn from the best of the best of horse trainers. What |
| has no meaning in the sense that you want him to do | | | | they do with horses you can too after see what they |
| something...although later on it will have a meaning of | | | | show you. |
| "calm down, everything is fine, you won't get hurt, I love | | | | |