If your love and appreciation of the Horse is
unconditional...
If your thirst for knowledge and understanding of the
Horse is unquenchable...
Then there is much to be gained
here.
And in the process you will learn as we
did,that the Horse has much more
to offer than we ever hoped for,
or imagined possible.
But first, a little preparatory food for thought....
"Doubting everything or believing anything
are two
equally convenient solutions,
both of which save us from thinking."
~ Jules Henri Poincare ~
When we reject every new bit of applicable knowledge we are
exposed to,
simply because it does not 'fit' with our present beliefs,
or
when we run blindly to be the luminary of every new 'in vogue fad,'
without
critical examination,
we lose.
And in the process, our Horse loses
with us.
"A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only,
and
ignorant with its ignorance."
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
Sometimes it is best to 'stick with the herd.'
Sometimes it
is crucial to critically evaluate the archaic customs of the herd.
Knowing
when it is best to choose which direction to turn is called 'judgment.'
How
can we possibly develop any real degree of 'judgment' of Horsemanship
if we
do not first fully understand the animals we are working with,
and how they
perceive our actions and interactions with them?
"We cannot solve the problems that we have
created,
with the same thinking that created them."
~ Albert Einstein ~
Many believe that doing the same thing over and over,
while expecting
different and better results,
is a definite sign of mental imbalance.
As far as the Horse is concerned, we are still using the same basic format of
restriction
to establish dominance and 'control' that was used six thousand
years ago.
To say that the Horse is not impressed by our 'new perceptions' and
methodologies
of present day horsemanship would be a gross understatement,
and blatantly obvious
on any Internet group list or equine magazine filled
with 'bad horse problems.'
Think about
it....
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