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Month: April 2009
Horse Pucky: Natural Eaglemanship
When force meets talons.
-cw
Horse Pucky: Easy Keeper
When expectation meets reality.
-cw
Unnatural Horsemanship
You’ve probably noticed that a few of my cartoons poke fun at natural horsemanship (NH). The only reason I do this is because, in my opinion, the philosophy of NH is very, very misleading. They say they’re using the language of the horse and it’s a gentler way to train. My question is, Compared to what? Continue reading
Horse Pucky: Don’t Like Men
How to read your horse’s non-verbal communication.
-cw
“Validate Me!”
Sometimes I feel like I’m one of the blubbering little hobbits from The Lord of the Rings. I was in a pet shop the other day and a very young, lone Quaker parrot was screeching his little lungs out. His cage was not far off the ground, so I knelt down and had a little chat with him in my best parrot voice.
This consisted of chirping noises, a few clicks, whistles and of course a “pretty bird” or two. In less than a second, the little screecher was cocking its head and watching me intently. Continue reading
Horse Pucky: Double Vision
It’s all in the eye of the beholder.
-cw
Horse Pucky: Cowboy Dreams
The dolls made me do it.
-cw
Horse Pucky: Singing
Hearing voices in the tack room?
-cw
Is the Release Really a Reward?
I can’t set foot in any horse training arena without hearing something like,
The release is the reward.
Horses learn through pressure/release/reward.
Horses work for the release.
That’s great but, notice that the so called reward always comes after something, usually irritating, that needs to be released. Hmmmm. Continue reading
Horse Pucky: Sit Trot
How to get anything to stay put.
-cw
Horse Pucky: Sheath Cleaning
Some guys just never get used to it.
-cw