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Press Release Provided byKingman – Bureau of Land Management

Just five miles north of Kingman, Arizonalies the Cerbat Herd Area in the north-western portion of the state. East of U.S.

Highway 93 toward Las Vegas, Nevada, theCerbat Herd Area runs west of Stockton HillRoad. The historic mining town of Chloride,Arizona sits at the western base of the HerdArea.

The Cerbat Herd Area consists of83,000 acres of Arizona interior chaparralgrassland and Grand Canyon desert shrub.The most notable and definitely hard to missfeature of the region are the CerbatMountains, with its associated peaks, ridgesand canyons. The mountains run in a generalnorthwest to southeast direction and areflanked by Sacramento Valley to the west

and Hualapai Valley to the east. At an eleva-tion of nearly 7,000 feet, Cherum Peak is theprominent landmark within the Herd Areaand is also the heart of the wild horse usearea. The climate is generally warm, dry andwindy. Because the Herd Area varies in ele-vation from 3,400 feet to 7,000 feet, temper-atures and rainfall also vary. The thermome-ter can read 105 degrees in the summer anddrop to a freezing zero in the winter.

The Cerbat Herd Area is one of only twoHerd Areas in Arizona known as home towild horses. There are several popularbeliefs concerning the origin of this particu-lar herd. One theory is that the Cerbats aredescendants of Spanish mustangs, intro-duced as early as the 1500s. A second theo-ry is that these horses escaped from earlyexplorers in the 1700s. Yet another belief isthat the horses were abandoned by livestock

ranchers in the early 1800s. Though the hors-es do typically show some signs of Spanishdescent, their exact origin remains a matterof speculation by scientists. Regardless, thisherd is protected by law.

About 30-50 wild horses roam theCerbat Herd Area today in bands of three toten horses depending on the time of year.The population low and has a fairly lowrecruitment. The body size of a Cerbat horseis usually small, with an average weightranging between 750 to 800 pounds and anaverage height of 14 to 16 hands. The horsesare predominately bays, with numerous red,strawberry and blue roans. Other colorsinclude grey, white, black, sorrel, and dun.

The horses are managed as living sym-bols of the historic and pioneer spirit of theWest. With relatively stable numbers,removals by the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) have not been neces-sary, and the habitation conditions remaingood. Animals could be removed becauseof drought conditions, or if they became aproblem for private land owners. If this wereto occur, horses would be wormed, vaccinat-ed against equine diseases, branded andoffered to the public through the BLM’sAdopt a Wild Horse or Burro Program. !

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The BLM manages more land – 256 million acres – than any otherFederal agency. This land, known as the National System of PublicLands, is primarily located in 12 Western States, including Alaska.The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation.The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and produc-tivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present andfuture generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managingsuch activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineraldevelopment, and energy production, and by conserving natural,historical, cultural, and other resources on public land.

Wild Horses Roam Cerbat MountainsPhotos provided by Kingman BLM

Written by Rick Gore

Guys may not get this since most havenever made cookies, but womenwho have made cookies will get

it. So, my Buddy’s wife makes somegreatchocolate chip cookies. Any time wehave dinner she whips up a batchand cooksthem up for desert. I have watched hermake these cookiesmany times. So I askedher what her secret for making suchgoodcookies is. Her answer was surprising-ly simple. “The directions are onthe back ofthe bag of the chocolate chips.” I felt like adummy for asking. So, I say to myself, "I amnot an idiot, if the directions are on the bag (Ihave watched her do this many times) I cango get my own bag of chips and make myown cookies.

So off I go, I get my chocolate chips,flour, oil, nuts and sugar. Ican’t wait to eatsome of those good cookies. I read themeasurements for the ingredients on the

back of my bag, put them all in a bowl,stir them up, bake and they came out likecrap. I was confused andfrustrated. I put allthe right ingredients in the right measure-mentsand my cookies turned out like runnyPlay Dough and did not taste muchbetter. Now I bet right now every one whohas never made cookies is thinking,"Wonder what went wrong?" I bet every per-son that makescookies knows exactly whatwent wrong. Hands on experience makethedifference!

Well being a guy, I called the expert(my trainer) cookie maker,explain that mycookies turned out like cow patties andasked what thehell happened? She asked asimple question, "Did you follow thedirec-tions?" I said I had and told her I put inexactly what the bag saidto put in, mixed itup and baked them. She started laughinghysterically. Remember, I am still lost andconfused about what is so funny about mewasting all morning measuring and stirring

and all I get is rotten runny cookie doughthat tasted horrible. She stops laughinglongenough to ask me if I added each ingre-dient in the right order thedirections said. Ithought she was crazy. I’m thinking what dif-ferencedoes it make what order the stuff gotmixed, all the ingredients getmixed togeth-er anyway and then gets cooked, so whywould it matter what order. Well, much to mysurprise (take note guys), it makes a bigdif-ference. Not sure why, but it does, trustme. Not only does it matter what order,there's also some rule about mixing versusstirringthat I am still confused about. So tomake a long story short, after severalattempts and many dollars wasted, I now buythe pre-mixed cookie dough for my cook-ies...I cheat. I take the easy way instead ofinvesting a lot of time and effort to do itmyself. This is what too many people dowhen it comes to their horses.

So how does this relate to horse train-ing? I admit I don’t know muchabout mixing

Rick Gore Photo provided by Rick Gore

(Making Cookies Continued On Page 10)

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Horses are herd-bound, prey animals.Millions of years ago their only chanceof survival was to be in a herd and out-

run predators. While we have domesticatedhorses and trained them to compete in vari-ous events, we haven’t been able to breed ortrain the reactive, prey animal side out of theirbrains.

Horses have two parts to their brains: thereactive side and the thinking side. The reac-tive side is what Mother Nature tells the horseto use and it is what has kept the horse alivefor millions of years. The thinking side of thebrain is what we want our horses to use whenwe’re around them. The thinking side is thecalm, rational side of the horse’s brain. To getour horses to use the thinking sides of theirbrains we have to first get their respect bymoving their feet forwards, backwards, leftand right and always rewarding the slightesttry.

It’s very natural for horses not to want toseparate from each other because they knowthat there is safety in numbers. When you’redealing with a buddy sour horse, you have touse a little reverse psychology on him.Instead of the horse thinking that being withhis buddy is the best place in the world, youhave to make the horse believe that his buddy

is the worst thing in the world. That is accom-plished by making the horse move his feetand work hard around his buddy and lettinghim rest away from the other horse.

There are two situations in which horsesshow extreme signs of buddy sourness. Oneis if you’re out on the trail or riding with agroup of horses and you want to leave theother horses and go in the opposite direction.Often times the horse that has to break offfrom the group and go his separate way willstart jigging, rearing, bucking or any otherdisrespectful behavior he can think of to getback with the other horses. Some horsesbecome buddy sour when they’re left at homeand their buddies leave their sight. In eithersituation, buddy sourness is dealt with usingthe same philosophy—make the horse movehis feet forwards, backwards, left and right,but in slightly different ways.

In a Group Situation If you’re riding your horse in a group sit-

uation and need to go your separate way,instead of thinking “I need to separate himfrom his buddies, think I need to make thehorse uncomfortable for being around hisbuddies.” Instead of trying to drag the horseaway from his buddies, make him work nextto his buddies. Trot him around in circles,canter some serpentines, anything to hustlehis feet. You want him to work hard, prefer-ably at the canter, so he gets to huffing andpuffing.

After 10 to 15 minutes of working himhard around his buddies, move him 50 to 100feet away and let him rest. Rub him and givehim a chance to catch his breath. It’s impor-tant to find a starting point for your horse. Inthe beginning, you might only be able to takeyour horse 20 feet away from the other hors-es. That’s OK, you want to gradually buildyour horse’s confidence little by little.

After five to six minutes of resting, walkthe horse back over to his buddies. At first,the horse will probably be eager to get backwith the other horses, but as soon as you’renext to the other horses, put him to work.

If you’re riding with just one other per-son and that rider is also having the sameissue, you can team up and do the Follow theLeader Exercise. One horse will lead and theother will chase his tail. The more the horseshave to move their feet the better. The horsescan switch positions so that the leaderbecomes the follower and vise versa. Whileyou’re making the horse hustle his feet, youmight as well do a lot of changes of direction

so that you’re suppling the horse at the sametime.

At no time during the Follow the LeaderExercise are the horses allowed to rest whenthey’re next to each other. After 10 to 15 min-utes of hustling the horses’ feet, separatethem and let each of them rest for five to sixminutes. When your horse is resting rub himand flex him. After repeating the exercise fiveto ten times, the horse won’t mind being awayfrom his friend because he gets to rest. Everytime he gets close to the other horse, he has towork hard.

Left at Home The other buddy sour situation that is

common is when a horse is left back at thebarn by himself. For these horses, safetyshould be your first concern. You don’t wantto leave the horse in a barbed wire fence thathe could run through and seriously hurt him-self or a stall with a four foot door so that thehorse could easily jump out of it. You want toavoid letting the horse run up and down apasture and getting so upset and frantic thateventually he runs through the fence or triesto jump it and gets caught in it. If you don’twant to take the time to correct your horse’sbehavior, then I recommend that you put thehorse somewhere safe like a stall or a round-pen where the fencing is high enough that thehorse can’t go through it or over it.

I’ve found the best way to fix this behav-ior is to make the horse hustle his feet for-wards, backwards, left and right. When ahorse moves his feet he begins to use thethinking side of his brain and will calm downand relax. Before you head out for a ride setthe horse that’s left behind up for success. Ifhe’s in a pasture, chase him around the fieldmaking him hustle his feet again. Work himfor 10 to 15 minutes and then leave and stand100 feet away from the pasture. Let the horserest and catch his breath for five to six min-utes and then go back in the pasture andmove his feet. Repeat those steps seven toeight times in a row, gradually moving fartherand farther away from the horse.

Soon the horse that’s insecure by himselfwon’t worry about being alone because everytime the other horse comes around, he has tomove his feet. Horses are basically lazy crea-tures and would much rather stand still andrest than work hard and sweat. You want thehorse left behind to mentally get used to see-ing the other horse leave and know thateverything is going to be OK.


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BrochurePeople DO

NEED PeopleWritten by Julie McNearyof the Purple Rose Ranch

Anybody out there? I’ve beenwriting this column a long timeand have only received one E-

mail. I assure you, I answer them all,good or bad! ‘Nough said!

We have lived in a lot of places,Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jerseyand California. At no time in any placehave we met people as wonderful asthe people of Kingman, especially ournot so nearby neighbors and friends.Some of us came from cities and somecame from rural areas which com-bined, gives us a multitude of talentsthat we can help each other with whenthere is a need.

We laugh together, we cry togeth-er, we work out problems togetherand we party together. Not (“partay”party,) but we have BBQ’s and ranchparties all through the year. Like thehot dog roast to celebrate wintergoing away or the pizza party. Oncewe were able to convince the deliveryguy that bringing out 20 pizzas wouldresult in a great tip. We even took apicture of him, it was a landmark day.No one gossips and accepts others asthey areeven if at the last party theyhad a little too much to drink and felloff a hill into a patch of cactus. If theyhave illness problems we are all thereto try and help. We have no suchthings as garage sales, we have ranchrummage sales where we all gettogether on one common ground andsell or trade what we don’t need.People helping people.

In the other “neighborhoods”, itwas like pulling teeth to get someoneto come over for coffee, they werealways “too busy” with the hustle andbustle of city life... no time, no connec-tions, no interest.

My latest example of this “car-ing” was last week when my 29 yearold mare “Whisper” didn’t show forAM feeding.She is in the photo at thetop of this column. My husband and Igot on the ATV’s and went looking forher and I found her in a far pasture,standing, shaking, snake bit and inshock. With all her arthritis and thesnake bite she couldn’t move. I calledone of my neighbors and he put herdown, another neighbor came with hisblade and back hoe and buried herfor me and neither would take a dime.The snake only sped up the inevitable,and like the movie “All Dogs Go ToHeaven,” I firmly believe all horses goto heaven and run free and painless infields of green and I will be listeningfor her call and hoofbeats when and ifI get there.

The more I’m around animals, theless I like people, but since coming toKingman I’ve really changed my out-look and could never leave. !

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He sipped his coffee and looked at fence wires that needed stretched, Gazed at the mountains and the portrait God had etched.

He said, “Lord forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Give me strength and courage to work another day,

When the sunlight comes.”

He looked at his horse, already hobbled and fed, Pictures of his lady friend flooded inside his head.

He sat and listened to the wind make a lonely sound, Stretched out his bedroll and laid his tired head down.

Burning embers from his campfire became the only sound. Thoughts sleepy, loving thoughts of his lady friend,

The one who lives in town, “Goodnight ol’ world.”

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Marley, Diary of a Wild HorseDays 6 Through 10 of a 90 Day Journey of Training and

Trust Building With A Wild American MustangWritten by

Lauren Kolker

Day 6 - Wed, March 16, 2011

Another day at the barn working withMarley on my own. I’m really startingto love the alone time I’ve gotten with

him. I think I spent 20 minutes just combinghis mane today. The knots were out, but it wasjust nice to take my time and do nothing withhim. It was so nice and warm today, Marleyalmost fell asleep while I brushed him. I mustadmit, I think he’s starting to look prettysnazzy (for a mustang with 5 days of groom-ing that is). Here he is with his coat condi-tioned, face wiped off (kind of), and his manecleaned up. Maybe a bath could be in storefor next week? We shall see.

Training was really fun today. I took a lit-tle break from the target training since he hasbeen doing well with that and played aroundwith him following me and walking up to mewhen he isn’t attached to a lead rope. I wantto start leaving him at night without a halteron, but I’m worried that if something happensand he gets loose, it will be very hard forsomeone to catch him. Since I don’t have myown property, Marley is boarded and I’m not

there 24/7, I worry about situations likethat. He is still wary around a lot of people,but then, he is getting much better. I wasclicking and giving Marley a treat or a pat onthe neck (random interrupted reinforcement)any time he would follow me or walk up to mewhen I left and came back into the roundpen. He figured it out really quickly, so wejust played for a little while.

We started with the saddletoday. Yesterday Marley had a blanket andsaddle pad on, and he was pretty comfortablewith both again today. I decided to see howhe would be with the saddle, so I just pickedit up and walked around him with it in myhands. Surprise surprise, he was too busylooking at anything else to care. When Iplaced it on his back, his attention immedi-ately came back to me and he swung his headaround and stared at me like “hey!” but hedidn’t spook or anything. I walked himaround with it on his back, sans girth, and hedid really well. Next I connected the girth tojust one side. Of any place on his body, he isthe most nervous about being touched to hisbelly. I didn’t want to go backwards on any ofhis training by cinching up a girth, so I just letit hang there. Eventually I started lifting it upand letting it touch his belly and then allow-ing it to fall back down again. He was con-cerned, but when he relaxed I left it atthat. No need to damage any of the trustwe’ve built up.

We lunged for about 20 minutes with thebridle on again, this time I had the lunge lineconnected to the bit rather than thehalter. He’s getting a feel for it, and the bestpart was when I took the bridle off today, hestood so quietly and let me gently take it off ofhim rather than spitting out the bit. Thismakes me very happy.

For the most part, today was just aboutplay and bonding. The training sessions wedid have were short and sweet, but I still spentabout 3 hours with him. He took a little breakfrom chasing me around to get a nice roll in...of course I didn’t have my camera in my pock-et, so by the time I got it, he was already get-ting up. Oh well, they’re still cute.

Day 7 – Thurs, March 17, 2011

Seven days!? Part of me feels like I justpicked Marley up yesterday, but then anotherpart feels like I’ve known him for a longtime. He is really starting to relax in his sur-roundings, and is much more curious abouteverything around him. I walked him a differ-ent way to and from his stall today, took him tomy car, and let him explore the wash rack.He’s a little spooky, but in my opinion he isdoing tremendously well for the few days hehas been leading.

I wanted to get Marley used to themounting block today, so I started off groom-ing him next to it. Slowly I moved up the firststep, and finally the second. When he relaxedI brushed his mane (which I’ve found he real-ly likes) and even braided it! Don’t worry, Itook them out so he wouldn’t look goofy in

front of the other horses, but it was great prac-tice for him. Throughout most of Marley’sground training I’ve been using the clicker. Ireward him when he is relaxed or payingattention to me, depending on the task, and Iignore him if he isn’t.

After a long grooming session, I decidedto work on the saddle again. He was fine whenI put it on his back from both sides, so I movedon to working with the girth. I started againby just attaching it to oneside. When he wasfine with that, I lifted it up until itlightlytouched his belly. He wasn’t jumpy, buthe tensed up and snorted at me, so I stoodwith the girth in my hand until he relaxed a lit-tle, click, then treat. I did this several timesuntil he went back to closing his eyes andrelaxing in the warm sun. I took the saddleoff, brushed himmore, and then we startedover. The saddle went back on, the girthwas attached, and this time he stood like agentleman when I brought the girth to hisbelly. I was able to buckle the girth on thefirst hole and walk him around a littlebit. Slowly I worked it up, until it wasat leasttight enough for him to move around in itwithout the saddlesliding. We played the fol-low game and I brushed him somemore. Heseemed completely comfortable.

When I put the bridle on, I decided that Iwould ask him to accept thebit first as it isnormally done, rather than putting it on likeahalter. At first he was a little unhappy withboth of my arms aroundhis face, but he soonopened his mouth and put his head down forme,making it a much more positive experi-ence. He didn’t even chew on thebit at alltoday, he just stood quietly while I closed thenose band.

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saddle and bridle, and he didreally well. Thesaddle flaps were bouncing up and down andI thoughtmaybe it would startle him, but themost he ever did was perk his earsand moveinto a big trot. He even cantered with the sad-dle and bridleon, and was quiet through it all.

I spent a lot of time grooming him afterhe had done so well. I worked around hisfeet, rubbed his face (which he is also startingto love),and was able to brush his tail. Whenhe was sweat free, I put his sheeton and tookhis halter off and we just hung out for awhile. I feel soblessed to know this horse.

Day 8 - Fri, March 18, 2011

What do I even say about today? Marleywore a western saddle for his first time (whichwhen I put it on him should have been terrify-ingenough) but he didn’t mind. I’m so usedto being able to lift a lightsaddle up and gen-tly set it down on the horse’s back, and I sim-ply could not do that with the western sad-dle. Instead I kind of drug it up oneside ofhim until it reached his back, set it down withthe cinch stuckunderneath, and messed withit until it was finally sitting correctly.Sheesh! Guess I need to start liftingweights. Anything I thought thatmight be aproblem for him, like the heavy stirrupsbouncing around, the cinch (which is muchless giving than an English girth), and therearcinch which I thought he would be wor-ried about because of his sensitivity on hisbelly, were non issues. He was once againmore excited about the sugar cubes in mypocket than he was about anythingelse.

After a little lunging to make sure he wascomfortable in the new set up, I started work-ing on stepping up to the saddle, putting myfoot in the stirrup, and going back and forthfrom his left and right side. I spent a lot oftime putting more of my weight over his backand movingaround all over his body. He was

attentive but at no point did he seemnervousabout any of it. Eventually, I stepped up intothe stirrup, and never stepped backdown. When I swung my leg over his backand sat down in the saddle, Marley basicallyjust made me look stupid for suiting upin fullcross country gear. Hey, I can’t afford to gethurt.

I only spent about ten minutes in the sad-dle. I started him in ahackamore (a bit-lessbridle) and occasionally opened up my rightorleft hand to get him to take a step, but forthe most part all I did wassit up on his backand let him figure out forward movement. Wewalkedaround awkwardly for a bit, and oncehe figured that out, we even trotted a coupleof times around in each direction. I wasthrilled with his willingness and acceptance,so I got off of him and literally tookall of thetack off right where we were standing. I thinkhe actually thought it was kind of fun, as hesniffed around the tack and then followed mearound the pen while I cleaned up.

There really are no words to describehow excited I am. The next weekis going tobe all about figuring out a rider, forwardmovement, and ofcourse brakes. I can’t wait!

Day 9 - Sat, March 19, 2011

Yesterday was a giant milestone inMarley’s training. While I’mthrilled with howquickly he is coming along, I want to be real-ly surethat he is comfortable and willing witha rider on his back, and that hedoesn’t asso-ciate me coming out to see him with a hardwork out and aheavy saddle. That in mind,my plan for the next week is a lot of playandclicker training games with short, positiverides mixed in.

It was extremely windy today out at thebarn which can be reallyannoying and hardto deal with when there is dust flying every-where, but it is also really great desensitizingtraining. After a good brushing, Isaddled himas I had the first day, taking my time and mak-ing sure anything he reacted to, we went backto visit. Once again I had to drag that heavysaddle up to his back, and he stood patient-ly. Eventually, I want Marley to be proficientin both Western and English tack to ensure areally great foundation for his future home,whichever discipline they may prefer.

Once I was on, we worked on movingforward. Right now, I’m basically along forthe ride, and anytime Marley goes forward, heis rewarded. Hewould still rather just stand inplace with me on him, but he really startedfiguring it out towards the end and cuing off ofmy voice, whichI’m also starting to pair withthe proper aids. Even with a horseboltingaround and being a total nut in the arena nextto us, Marley wasa gentleman and kept hisfocus in the round pen. At the end, I didthe same as I had yesterday and unsaddledhim right in the middle of theround pen, butthis time went straight into playing with him.

Marley has learned to mirror me and Ihave wanted to progress with that behaviorfor a few days. Today he finally trotted whenI startedrunning and I was so excited (I thinkhe knew it too). After I finishedsmotheringhim with praises, he had officially figured outthe game.When I walked, he walked. When Istopped, he stopped. When I ran, he trottedright along side of me. Unfortunately my Dadhad already left (he was my official photogra-pher of the day) so I’ll get video of it asap andpost it. It is so dang cute.

In other news, Marley is now stayingovernight without a halter! Herehe is enjoy-ing his dinner and doing an impression ofDonald Trump.

Day 10 - Sun, March 20, 2011

We took the day off to play with Marleyand let him have some fun. There isn’t much tosay about any of it, I just want Marley to lookforward to sessions, and even play is trainingwhen you’re working with a horse to gaintrust.

When we went into the big arena for thefirst time, Marley really let loose and ranaround. It was so fun to see, he would stopand look at me, snort, and then run aroundagain with his tail in the air. He even followedme over the small “bridge” set up for train-ing. No halter, no bribing with treats, he justfollowed me back and forth over it. Here arephotos and videos of the day. Tomorrow, we’llgo back to riding, but today was a wonderfulbreak from planned training sessions. !

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corrals effectively re moves or dessicatesparasite larvae and eggs. However, if youtravel to moist environments then bewareof probable exposure.

Regular worming and/or fecalexams by your veterinarian can best helpyou keep your horse parasite free. Mosthorses in this area do well worming every4-6 months. If you do not follow that pro-tocol then you may opt to get a fecal examdone on your horse. Worming medica-tions currently on the market consist ofivermectin type compounds, pyrantel,bendazoles, and praziquantel. Combina -tions of these compounds are also avail-able.

A good protocol for this area wouldbe worming with a combination of iver-mectin and praziquantel each fall, thenpyrantel, ivermectin or a bendazole eachspring. Summer worming and/or fecalanalysis could be done depending ontravel or other circumstances. Again, ifthere are any questions, do a fecal analy-sis or consult your veterinarian. GodBless. !

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cookie dough, but I do know horses. What Iexperienced withcookie dough is what a lotof people experience with horses. If train-inga horse is compared to making a goodcookie, then if you watch someoneelse dosomething, and if you do it the same way (theway you think yousaw it done), you shouldget the same results, right? Wrong, just likeIwatch cookies being made and somehowmissed a lot of little importantsteps and theresults were not the same. If you just watchsomebody dosomething with a horse, or youread a book, or you try and train the horsefrom scratch, your end product will not bewhat youexpect and will be much differentthan an experienced horseman wouldget.

With cookie dough, the ingredients arethe same, the way you mix or stiris the sameand the directions are pretty clear (if youread themcarefully). With horses not muchof anything is the same. The environmentchanges, the weather changes, the horsechanges withexperiences, fears, confidenceand emotions. You change with how youarefeeling, your confidence, your experiencesand your fear. Yet sooften I get questionsfrom people wanting me to give them a fixfor somehorse issue that they see as a sim-ple problem. I hear it all the time,my horseis perfect, but it walks off when I mount. Ormy horse is great, except it bucks when Icanter. Or my horse does everythinggreat,only it rears and kicks when I lungeit.Horses are not cookies. There is not aclear list of directions with easily meas -uredsteps and ingredients that always getsthe same results. With horses, if you takeshortcuts, think you can do something sinceyou saw someoneelse do it, or skip criticalsteps you can end up with dire results. Amistake in cookie dough means you throwout the dough and startover. A mistake witha horse can mean you are dead, hurt or seri-ously injur ed.However, I see lots of peopledoing with horses exactly what I did withcookie dough.

When making cookies you don’t have toworry about the blender spookingor whatkind of day the eggs are having. With ahorse the variables areendless such as fear,flight, reactions, environment, equipment,youbeing one-fifth the size of a horse, youtrying to control a horse thatis 30 or 40 timesstronger than you, your training, your fear,your pastexperiences, the horse’s training,the wind, tractors, blowing plastic bags,cars, bikes, motorcycles, kids, other horses,all the volunteeredadvice you can take andmany other things.

With all this in mind, I see peopleeveryday trying to control or train a horsewithout directions or knowledge of how badthings can turn out. There are no cleardefinable and exact steps to trainingahorse. No perfect ingredients to get thesame results.With horses amistake can beextremely costly to you, others and thehorse. Experiences with horses can betalked about, they can be put in a book,theycan be demonstrated by someone whoknows, but experience cannot betaught andexperience is the best teacher. Too oftenpeople want tolearn how to train a horse, fixa problem, become a trainer or knowevery-thing about a horse from watching, readingand trying. It justdoes not work that way and

the person and the horse end up paying.For those who have kids, can you imag-

ine asking a kid trainer how to raise yourchild so it will turn out good? You can raisefive childrenand they all will turn out differ-ent. No one knows it all when it comes toraising kids and no one knows it all when itcomes to training horses. Acknowledgingthat a horse is a strong, reactionary, feardri-ven, survival motivated, prey animal that hasemotions, incredible strength and powerand that no two are the same, is the first stepto having a better understanding of thehorse. With understanding comes confi-dence, power and the ability to recognizethat you do not know itall and that a lot ofhorse training and handling depends onmanyfactors not necessarily in your control.

Horse ownership is not a part-timegig. It is a serious commitmentthat requirestime, patience, understanding, experience,knowledge and passion. Although horseslove cookies, they are much differentthan cookies and require a lot more thansimple directions and ingredients.

With that said, is there an easy, fast wayto learn about horses? No,and many try andfail, many horses and owners get hurt. Manytrainers make lots of money on videos,books, tricks, special ropes, special equip-ment and special games to play with yourhorse. Can some of this help? Yes.Doeshaving a good trainer train your horse makeyou better? No. Itmay make you think youare better, it may make your horse better, itmayhelp you and your horse win a ribbon ormoney, but it will not make you a betterhorseman or horsewoman.

In my opinion two things make you suc-cessful and better with horses. The first isunderstanding and knowledge of thehorse. The ability to “think like ahorse”. Without this you will continue to tryand fixproblems and never realize that eachproblem is nothing but a symptom ofyourlack of understanding of the horse. The sec-ond thing is time.Time will give you experi-ence, time with horses will teach you to lis-ten, observe and learn from the horse. Timewill teach you the language of the horse. Itwill teach to trust and read the horse. Itwillteach you to observe and notice the slightestchange in the horse and yourself. It willteach you that the horse is only a reflectionofwhat you do and how you do it. Only thenwill you see the horse as theamazing crea-ture it is.

Therefore, it you are making cookies,follow the directions exactly.It you are work-ing with horses, realize there are no secretrecipes, shortcuts or easy fast experi-ences. Understanding and time will getyou the best results and your horse willthank you for your efforts. And inthe end themore you know will make you realize howmuch you don’t knowand then you will real-ize the journey of horsemanship is neverending.

My web site, www.thinklikeahorse.org,has lots of information to help you under-stand a horse better. !

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“It’s never the horse’s fault.”For more information please visit my website:

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