I have described the goal of teaching a horse to let go of an idea and then teaching it to accept a new idea as being fundamental to achieving “oneness”.
Every horse is a horse. They are not showjumpers or carriage horses or plough horses or gaited horses. Every horse is a horse and that should be good enough.
There is no such thing as liberty training. It’s a myth. All training imposes limits on a horse’s freedom to do whatever it chooses. True liberty training, where there are no restrictions on a horse’s choices, does not exist.
My point is that it is the way you ask a question the first time that is important. You must always present your first ask in a way you want it to be in the future
Another trainer asked me why I think riding a circle with balance and precision is so hard. It’s a good question because almost nobody rides a perfect circle.
