Horse Training - What Your Horse's Brain Needs From You For Training Success

Horse owners should understand an important elementcan see what's happening independently of each other.
about their horse that will make training them easierThis means that when your horse is looking at you
and more successful.with one eye, you only have half his brain - thus, you
We are talking about your horse's brain. Your horse'shave only half of his attention. If you don't have all his
brain has two halves that are not connected. You'veattention, then you don't have the horse.
probably heard trainers say, "be sure to do both sidesThis means if you're about to teach your horse
of the horse". What this means is whatever techniquesomething, you need his attention. Think of it like this.
you do with your horse then you must do it on hisHave you ever talked with someone and when you
other side once he gets it on one side. In other words,do they look off somewhere and then look back to
if you get him used to a plastic sack on his left sideyou? That's rude. You don't have their attention. Why,
then you have to do it on his right side. Why? Becausethen, would you allow your horse to do the same
his left brain side does not communicate with his rightthing? There'll be times you can't have both eyes
side brain since they are not connected.because of the way you're training your horse.
Think of this. Your equine has an eye on both sides ofHowever, when you can have his eyes on you, then
his skull. His right eye is looking at what's going on to hismake sure you do. It makes training a horse easier and
right, to his front right, and behind him on the right. Themore successful.
left eye is doing the same but on his left side. His eye's