I don't believe in waiting for a horse to do the wrong thing and then punishing him after the fact. You can't just say no to a horse. You have to redirect a negative behavior with a positive one, something that works for both of you. It's as though you're saying - instead of doing that, we can do this together.
Buck BrannamanIf I heard it once, Iโve heard it a thousand times from Ray Hunt. He said 'make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy'. Then he said 'but donโt make the wrong thing impossible'. Well.....you learn from making mistakes. Itโs that simple.
Buck BrannamanOn a horse there is a perfect position of balance where he doesn't feel like he's pushing you along with him or dragging you along with him. It's like two converging currents in a river, where those currents converge, there is a point where there is no movement, no energy; and that's what you're thinking when you're on the back of a horse.
Buck BrannamanHorses donโt think the same as humans. Something thatโs most unique about the horse, that I love, is not what he possesses but what he doesnโt possess. And that is greed, spite, hate, jealousy, envy, prejudice. The horse doesnโt possess any of those things. If you think about people, the least desirable people to be around usually possess some or all of those things. And the way God made the horse, he left that out.
Buck Brannaman