′′ Is it worth it? – Yes, always!
Yes, it’s always worth ′′ wearing slippers “.
As Baucher recommends, trying to mount all horses without exception, employing both reins and legs, with the greatest gentleness and effort. Let’s not delude ourselves of the seemingly rapid results achieved by resorting to violence. Only rational gymnastics solves problems. It doesn’t mean that there are infallible procedures for all horses.
We are far from it. To reduce the complications and resistance that occurs during training, you need to act patiently, gently and with intelligence. It’s progressively making the horse feel the aid that you get used to it; it’s how you prepare it for the exercise you require, which becomes physically easy for him to perform.
Training a horse, let’s not forget that the fundamental characteristic of this animal’s psychology is memory.
Very useful for horse education, this memory makes the training errors and violence of the inexperienced rider infinitely dangerous. The horse will remember that he was punished by forcing him to do something difficult for him; whenever he asks again that same thing, he will stiffen and sometimes revolt, expecting punishment. It’s not with fear that you train a horse.
Rational and sweet work is the only one that allows us to truly train our horse quickly, even if the practice of this work seems slow to us.”
Nuno Oliveira
