Fear-free Horse Training, by Neil Davies
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Australian horseman Neil Davies outlines his preparation philosophies together with methods inward this novel book, which volition assay out a revelation for those who are uneasy amongst simply about of today’s “systems” of horsemanship.
From his lifelong experience amongst horse, Davies has much wisdom to portion together with his words volition brand anyone who plant amongst horses halt together with re-think their approach.
He is against simply about of the electrical flow accepted methods of preparation horses, together with all the fancy tools together with equipment that goes amongst it. He avoids the circular pen similar the plague, and is anti “de-sensitisation”, which he says tin hold upwards terrifying to horses.
Instead of the ubiquitous circular pen advocated yesteryear many trainers, Davies prefers to do his initial piece of job amongst a Equus caballus inward a minor foursquare yard. He says: “I’ve read that running a Equus caballus inward a circular yard forms a magical partnership. I’ve fifty-fifty read if yous necktie a Equus caballus downward on the ground, he’ll hold upwards obedient ever after. The truth is that no method or exceptional procedure tin erase a horse’s memory. The truth is that chasing a Equus caballus inward a circular yard relies on fear, together with tying a Equus caballus inward the Blue Planet is vicious together with cannot hold upwards justified nether together with circumstance.”
And forget close using anything other than a patently quondam halter.
He also disagrees with the sentiment that the human has to hold upwards “the leader” of the herd. “The Equus caballus knows you’re non a horse, you’re a human.” He says horses don’t human face for a leader, they human face to do whatever is easiest.
Davies starts amongst having the Equus caballus happy to remove hold his caput rubbed, together with learning that this feels good. Lessons construct on having the Equus caballus convey his caput to the handler if he is worried close anything – rather than having the flying mode kicking in.
Davies centers his preparation on having the Equus caballus do every bit he asks, together with if this doesn’t happens, he makes it unpleasant, yesteryear perchance circling or feeling something uncomfortable. So the Equus caballus learns that it’s tardily to do every bit he is asked, together with non together with then overnice when he’s non doing the right thing. Undesirable behaviour is nipped inward the bud from the start together with non allowed to progress further.
Davies starts yesteryear didactics a horse, on a lead, to walk on a perfect circle at the speed he requires. “When he concentrates on these uncomplicated tasks, he doesn’t rear, stop, shy, or anything else.”
Keeping lessons clear together with simple, together with next a progression that is logical to the Equus caballus is also important, together with it’s vital to hold lessons brusk together with non inquire likewise much. “It’s ever quicker to do less each lesson. You terminate upwards amongst a far superior effect inward a much shorter time.”
Davies says: “A Equus caballus tin solely position upwards amongst together with then much stress inward ane lesson. He tin solely larn together with then much. If yous hold going on together with on, yous ever come upwards to a betoken where a Equus caballus stops thinking together with starts to human face for simply about other agency out. It may hold upwards to kicking up, buck or strike, or perchance he’ll ‘freeze up’ together with non do anything at all.”
His preparation follows a sequence, but there’s no hard together with fast rules on how long each operate powerfulness take, together with when the side yesteryear side pace should hold upwards tackled. That’s upwards to the handler together with each individual horse.
In his early on days, Davies says he presently learned if he pushed a Equus caballus likewise far together with ended upwards inward a fight, the Equus caballus was ever worse the side yesteryear side day. “The to a greater extent than horses I worked with, the less I did each lesson. The less I did, the amend each Equus caballus responded together with the to a greater extent than they learned,” he says.
Davies stresses that a Equus caballus volition recall everything, proficient or bad, together with nosotros can’t brand the Equus caballus recall solely what nosotros consider to hold upwards the “good” parts of the lesson.
As for “desensitisation” or “habituation”, Davies does non advocate this at all, instead, he says, if a Equus caballus is confident together with relaxed, it volition select novel experiences inward its stride. He uses the advance together with retreat approach to innovate a novel detail to a horse, but notes this is all pointless until a Equus caballus is confident together with relaxed, together with has learned to stand upwards when he’s worried.
A frightening experience volition hold upwards remembered for life. He says: “Perhaps you’ve been frightened together with terrified yesteryear a machine accident, a solid fire, or simply about other traumatic experience. Did yous think, ‘That was good, a dyad to a greater extent than machine accidents together with I’ll hold upwards used to them,’ or ‘I can’t hold off for my side yesteryear side solid fire. It volition hold upwards much amend the 2d time.’
“I real much doubtfulness it.”
As Davies says, “The finally affair yous desire to do is repeat the experience. You worry inward illustration it happens again. If ever you’re inward a similar situation, you’re straight off frightened together with terrified because yous know what to expect.
“Yet a lot of people intend this is the best agency to develop horses.”
In this book, Davies starts out demonstrating the 4 basic groundwork lessons that must hold upwards established earlier starting nether saddle. Throughout the mass the steps inward each lesson are fully explained together with illustrated. [Images showing these processes are here.]
The outset steps inward mounting a Equus caballus are shown, followed by advice on didactics the Equus caballus to motion frontward amongst a passenger on his back. This is all done earlier the saddle is introduced. After the Equus caballus is moving along, the flake is introduced.
Davies notes that when he outset asks a Equus caballus to canter, it must move on the right lead. He says yesteryear didactics the Equus caballus to canter on the right Pb from the start, they volition ever acquire it right inward the future.
From hateful solar daytime one, he does non allow a Equus caballus to do anything that is undesirable. “If I don’t desire the Equus caballus to do something, I won’t permit him do it. Not fifty-fifty once. If it’s non inward his memory, it can’t develop into a problem.”
First lessons on tasks such every bit hosing, tying up, together with mounting are also shown. Teaching a Equus caballus to “give”, moving forward, backing up, stopping, together with other basics are followed yesteryear ways of overcoming problems, both nether saddle together with when leading. Finally, there’s didactics a Equus caballus to spin together with do a ringlet back.
In closing, every bit Davies says, it’s high fourth dimension everyone “questioned simply about of the accepted practices used inward the advert of Equus caballus training”.
“Nobody’s perfect. We all brand mistakes. However, when things move wrong, nosotros must effort to improve together with foreclose making the same mistakes over together with over. If nosotros proceed to remove hold chasing, bucking, together with fighting, nosotros won’t improve together with nosotros won’t brand life easier for our horses. It’s close fourth dimension for everyone to halt together with intend close what simply about horses are subjected to. It’s close fourth dimension Equus caballus were trained without chasing, fighting, together with bucking.”
The concluding word: “Be reminded it takes years for a human to larn to empathise horses, silent a piteous quondam ‘dumb’ Equus caballus tin assess his passenger or handler real rapidly together with out-think him inward a few minutes.”
Neil grew upwards working amongst horses on his family’s dairy farm inward New South Wales. As a immature teenager he trained horses on the rim of the outback together with presently developed a intuitive connectedness that led him to empathise Equus caballus behavior.
Working amongst hard horses that no ane wanted to grip or ride Neil realised that yesteryear approaching inward a calm trend together with rubbing their cervix he would gain the trust of the Equus caballus much quicker.
For Neil horses that kicked, flake together with bucked no longer acted that agency because they had cipher to fright from his sort together with loving rotating manus on the brow which made beingness amongst Neil an enjoyable experience for the horse.
This uncomplicated activity has move Neil’s “hand shake” for connecting amongst horses together with putting them inward the right frame of hear to piece of job with.
He began preparation horses full-time inward 1977. Over the side yesteryear side xv years, he started to a greater extent than than a K horses nether saddle together with trained thousands of so-called ‘problem’ horses. From $100 backyard ponies to thoroughbreds worth millions, Neil has seen it all.
Neil was ane of the outset trainers to document his unique approach on video. The videos sold worldwide together with he has conducted clinics together with demonstrations inward Australia, New Zealand together with the USA.
Neil’s ‘original knowledge’ comes from working amongst together with then many horses, hateful solar daytime afterwards hateful solar daytime together with twelvemonth afterwards year. Though few people remove hold the chance or the inclination to do what he’s done, every horseperson tin do goodness from his cognition together with experience.
The below video is from a demonstration yesteryear Neil Davies at the California State Fair inward 1989.
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