You can't make something happen with a horse, but you can fix things up and let it happen.
Buck BrannamanYou want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know what your kids will be drawn to.
Buck BrannamanItโs not about how much pressure you put on, itโs how good you are at taking it off.
Buck BrannamanTheoretically the human is supposed to be the smart one so as you get acquainted with the horse, you explore what it's going to take for him to understand what you would like him do, with as little trouble as possible. You're trying to avoid conflict, not trying to create it.
Buck BrannamanIt's a process and it's a matter of understanding the horse and through any of these little projects you have a beginning, a middle and an end. And if you made up your mind early when he's still scared, you'd think that wasn't working at all. Sometimes it might get darker, before it gets dawn. You might have to work at it a little bit in order for it to come out the other side.
Buck BrannamanBy the time youโve had a relationship with a horse for a while, there are characteristics in the way the horse behaves with you and around you and responds to you that are directly (related) to some of your traits as a human beingโฆwhether itโs insecurity or aggression or fear or hate.
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