> Walter Jr is the trainer coming to teach the trainers course in the US which > is why his name has come up on this list recently. He is extremely > demanding of horses and IMO quite hard on them, however, I was seen as way > to soft so it is all in the eyes of the beholder and what you are willing to > do to achieve what you want.
I think things are changing Robyn. very very slowly, but one by one, things are changing. Do you feel that way? Or do you feel it is hopeless. I do sometimes. Its like teaching rocket science to chimps, hard to explain something if they dont even see a problem! People who say being nice to a horse is an extreme that creates a spoiled monster. At a large boarding facility where I was once, there were like 200 horses there. The main trainer person used to tell everyone they shouldnt give their horses treats, it caused horses to start biting. I was treating my horses like crazy. During my time there many many horses had biting incidents, but my horses never ever bite. Janice -- courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway--John Wayne
