Comments on: Horse Training for Dangerous Behavior http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:05 -0500 hourly 1 By: Erin Bynkoski http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/dangerous-behavior.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9990 Erin Bynkoski Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:43:09 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=1196#comment-9990 I agree with your advise. Horses do not earn the respect of other horses by "cookies" or taps. I liberally give horse treats, but only in recognition of good behavior; not expected behavior (safeness in handling). I recently sent a horse for training that I had owned as a yearling. I started him myself and reached a point in training when I sought professional help for "finishing." It did not go well. The trainer advised me my horse was dangerous, and cautioned me ethically about selling/giving this horse away. I guess what I am trying to say is that all too often our kindness or anthropomorphizing (application of human emotions) to our animals can result in their destruction. We can think we are being kind by "sparring the rod", but in the end my inability to recognize my horses bad behavior for what it was has resulted in his destruction. You will not get any negative emails from me. I agree with your advise. Horses do not earn the respect of other horses by "cookies" or taps. I liberally give horse treats, but only in recognition of good behavior; not expected behavior (safeness in handling).
I recently sent a horse for training that I had owned as a yearling. I started him myself and reached a point in training when I sought professional help for "finishing."
It did not go well. The trainer advised me my horse was dangerous, and cautioned me ethically about selling/giving this horse away.
I guess what I am trying to say is that all too often our kindness or anthropomorphizing (application of human emotions) to our animals can result in their destruction. We can think we are being kind by "sparring the rod", but in the end my inability to recognize my horses bad behavior for what it was has resulted in his destruction.
You will not get any negative emails from me.

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