Loud and bold

Our society and psychology and trainers believe this is the standard

Nonsense

As a horseman I need to be as quiet as a mouse

Or a musician is extremely quiet

These people haven’t the foggiest idea what they are talking about relative to my industries. And go around preaching

No fear etc

Pure horse manure

I’m very cautious with new horses

Win win

They get to decompress get used to the farm. And me

Part of the ground work before

Before

We start working

Don’t listen to these i people

Learn in yur style yur rate ur environment

Teachers only care u get to yur destiny

Not the rate

Slow is better anyway

U learn more

[Rafiki11]

I feel similarly in my work with children who have autism. As a teacher, I make more progress when I am quiet, still, observant, open, and accepting.

Loud people enter the classroom and I start twitching a bit.

I think this is why equine therapy can be so helpful!

[Hidden in reply to Rafiki11]

Very true great point

I had one adult student who was traumatized after a fall in her life

We walked. Fir six month me four feet away

Ya so what

We’re both in the same page

No body

Pushes or hassles my students

Nobody

[Rafiki11 in reply to Hidden]

Progress is progress! I bet your student felt so proud!

[Midori]

Absolutely. Can't treat a horse like a machine, they are living sentient creatures just like us and deserve respect.

Too many folk who just come to a riding school just get on and go, with no respect for the horse and it's needs.

Horses have likes and dislikes just as we do, and so called 'difficult' horses have been ill treated as often as not at some time in their lives and are not inclined to trust us. It takes a very long time to overcome that fear. I call it horsy PTSD.

Cheers, Midori