01/18/2024
Willows 3rd ride, 1st ride with no second helper.
No dramatics, no bucking.
I do not believe in “breaking” horses.
I believe in teaching them.
We need to as a collective, stop rushing these animals through training.
We go to school for 12 years and try to rush them through it in 30 days.
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Bucking is not normal, it is fear.
It is the animal letting you know they don’t know the answer to your question.
You’re handing them a test and you didn’t teach the whole module because you’re in a rush.
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I’m not saying things can’t go wrong, sometimes no matter how much prep you do worry might still arise in them.
But even still, when they are rushed through their “studies” you set them up for failure.
It’s not about how fast you get them there, it’s about how you do it.
