Mind Set Partnership Horse

Mind-Set: The Second Of 6 Keys To Building A Life Long Partnership With Your Horse

Your mind-set, approach and way of thinking (beliefs)

are critical to building trust and a lasting

relationship with your horse. Your mind-set is the

first thing you must scrutinize and work to understand

in developing skills in horsemanship.

People generally have one of two mind-sets when it

comes to getting a horse to do something. They either

have the mind-set that they are going to use force or

intimidate the horse to get him to do it or they use

the buddy up method of trying to sweet-talk their horse

into doing it. Both of these methods are hopeless,

you will not gain the trust nor respect your looking

for from your horse.

There is a third mind-set, one that will get the

results you're looking for in your horse. People that

fit into this mind set are not aggressive or

willy-nilly, but evenhanded, they lie somewhere

between the two extremes.

When working with your horse your mind-set is to be as

gentle and calm as you can, but as firm as needed.

It's important to keep in mind that while you're being

gentle, be gentle without being wimpy and when being

firm do so without being mean or mad.

The mind-set of a horseman should be to, *not* do

things to your horse, but rather to do things for and

with your horse. Be creative and think outside the box

when it comes to doing things with your horse.

The mind-set of a horseman should be that *principals*

are more important than purpose and that *adjusting*

to fit the situation is more important than rules.

Let's recap today's discussion on Mind-Set

1. Your mind-set is critical in developing trust and a

lasting relationship with your horse.

2. People generally fall into one of two mind-sets.

The first, they use force or intimidation to get what

they want out of the horse. The second uses the buddy

or sweet-talk method to try to get what they want from

the horse. Neither work.

3. There is a third mind-set, being evenhanded not

aggressive or will-nilly.

4. Horseman should do things for and with their horses

and not do things to them.

5. Be creative and think outside the box when doing

things with your horse.

6. Be gentle and calm with out being wimpy and

be as firm as necessary without getting mad or

mean.

7. Principals are more important than purpose and

adjusting to fit the situation is more important than

rules.

In the next article, we will discuss Approach,

Helping your horse to understand what it is you want

him to do.

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Mike Gorzalka has spent the better part of his life

around horses. His dad, Mike Sr., taught him the

importance of understanding the horse and how to use a

firm, but kinder and gentler approach to helping horses

understand what it is we humans are trying to

communicate.

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