Training VS. Riding

Have you thought about it? What is the real thrill for you when your with horses? I thought that riding was the only thing I would enjoy. Training to me looked scary and boring. But my mind has completely changed. When I watch trainers training their horses I just have to watch. I think that what goes on with training a horse is really rewarding in the end and just......really cool!

Without training you could not accomplish a safe ride. Training starts the basis to all of the needed things with a horse. Through training you gain a bond of knowledge and respect of your horse and as you gain this bond you will know your horse so much more and be able to understand the reactions they have.

Training gets your horses ready for the tasks that you want them to accomplish and overcome. To throw a saddle on a horse and jump on would not end very well. The steps you take to getting your horse ready for anything, is training.

I like training alot more than riding. You may call that dumb but I don't. I would rather be on the ground with my horse teaching them exactly what they need to know in a way that I know would be most affective. Instead of having a professional tell me that theres just not a chance of getting control of my horse and that it's spirit needs to be broken.

I think the reason I like training so much is because of Natural Horsemanship. That won't break my horses spirit. We don't beat our horses into submission for them to pay attention.

Riding is still awesome though!

This picture is of two birds on the Outer Banks. One sticks to land while the other one cruises over the ocean. Two very diverse groups of birds, living together side by side, helping each other. Like riding and training. This is also how it should be between the Corollas and humans, living side by side very peacefully.