Horse people have only one job. And horses have only one job. It’s the most important job and it's the job that supersedes all other jobs. Nothing is more important when it comes to training. The job is to be focused and connected. That’s it. That’s the job. Even when doing other jobs, staying focused and connected to our horse and our horse to us overrides all other jobs in importance.
The one condition to the “one job” principle is that focus and connection are only important if you want a good relationship and a partnership. If you only care about a horse being an employee and doing a learned job, then focus and connection are less important provided the job gets done.
This is a quote from Ross Jacobs on his Good Horsemanship - Ross Jacobs Facebook page. If you’d like to learn more about Ross Jacobs and his teachings, check out his book, The Essence of Good Horsemanship. I think it should be on the reading list for all of us on the second half horsemanship journey.
Thinking back to my 30 plus years of riding as an adult, I can name the horses I had good focus and connection with and others where the focus and connection were infrequent or missing. The latter group of horses were the ones I was riding when I was thrown and injured
Here's a link to the Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society.
And another link to the Second Half Horsemanship website.
Horse people have only one job. And horses have only one job. It’s the most important job and it's the job that supersedes all other jobs. Nothing is more important when it comes to training. The job is to be focused and connected. That’s it. That’s the job. Even when doing other jobs, staying focused and connected to our horse and our horse to us overrides all other jobs in importance.
The one condition to the “one job” principle is that focus and connection are only important if you want a good relationship and a partnership. If you only care about a horse being an employee and doing a learned job, then focus and connection are less important provided the job gets done.
This is a quote from Ross Jacobs on his Good Horsemanship - Ross Jacobs Facebook page. If you’d like to learn more about Ross Jacobs and his teachings, check out his book, The Essence of Good Horsemanship. I think it should be on the reading list for all of us on the second half horsemanship journey.
Thinking back to my 30 plus years of riding as an adult, I can name the horses I had good focus and connection with and others where the focus and connection were infrequent or missing. The latter group of horses were the ones I was riding when I was thrown and injured
Here's a link to the Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society.
And another link to the Second Half Horsemanship website.