One of the hardest lessons for me was that some young horses have a processing pause - you give an aid, nothing happens, and _then_ it reaches the brain. It's all too tempting to fill that gap, to aid more, to demand a reaction NOW - but no. Silence, stepping back, letting them sort it. And I'd much rather a horse that stopped when confused than one that exploded...
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Date: 2014-10-08 09:22 am (UTC)One of the hardest lessons for me was that some young horses have a processing pause - you give an aid, nothing happens, and _then_ it reaches the brain. It's all too tempting to fill that gap, to aid more, to demand a reaction NOW - but no. Silence, stepping back, letting them sort it. And I'd much rather a horse that stopped when confused than one that exploded...