Leadership "... Horses are natural followers, looking for natural leaders. A calm, friendly, fair, decisive and firm leader earns respect in the horse world. And the herd members can only be as brave as their leader. Respect has to be earned, it's not an automatic right. This thinking is very helpful to humans who aspire to have their horse's respect ..."
Fear "... all the undesirable physical behaviours such as bolting, running off scared into solid objects, bucking, lashing out with feet or teeth ... are signs of fear, insecurity or confusion. In an instant a horse can turn terrified, his primeval instincts pointing him in one direction - to survive at any cost. This explains a lot ... and can teach us plenty ...." Judy
