| Lots of people want to train a horse and be a natural | | | | much as putting out the effort and trying different stuff. |
| horsemanship trainer. There is a certain glamour to | | | | Often, things different horse pro's suggested trying |
| being a horse trainer. | | | | didn't work like I understood it would. Sometimes I had |
| Often, people have trouble in horse training because | | | | to modify the process. |
| they are a PS when it comes to horses. What's a | | | | That's when things REALLY began to make sense. |
| PS? | | | | The more I did with horses the better I got. Plus, it was |
| It's a Professional Student. | | | | much easier to recall from memory what I learned |
| People can get themselves book smart and know a | | | | from experience rather than books and tapes. |
| lot of useful (and not so useful) stuff. Pretty soon, they | | | | Don't get me wrong. Books and tapes are absolutely |
| have an expert's knowledge but not an expert's | | | | essential. It's just that you have to get out and put your |
| experience. | | | | knew knowledge to practice so you can internalize it. |
| Where am I going with this? | | | | I often tell my students to think about what I told them |
| When I first started learning horse training techniques I | | | | when I give them a horse training technique. I want |
| was a voracious reader. If it had to do with horses and | | | | them to see it in their head. Then I want them to go |
| how to get them doing what you ask, I read it! | | | | out and try it. |
| I soon discovered I became a professional student | | | | If you think about it, it's like teaching a teenager to drive. |
| instead of a doer. So...I became a doer. | | | | They have to experience it to get good at it later. |
| Everything I read...everything....didn't matter near as | | | | |