dog health care

19 Jun 2010

19 Jun, 2010 General

Horse Training: Calm Your Horse With Sing Song
by: Andy Curry

Have you ever read, “Talking With
Horses.” ?

It was written by a horse trainer
named Henry Blake.

He’s quite the horseman. He has a
neat perspective about horses you should
read about if you’re interested in how to
train a horse.

There’s something he does around his
horses that I really like – he calls it
“Sing-Song”.

He uses it to calm a frightened horse.

What he says in a sing-song, gentle voice
is this:

“There’s a clever, boy, there’s a clever boy,
there’s clever little fellow”.

That’s it. That’s all there is to it.

At first glimpse you may be tempted to
discount this nifty trick. But there’s actually
some mojo here.

Now this begs the question “Is it the
words that steady him? Is it the tone of voice?
What is it?

First, the tone of voice is important.
After all, if you said this in a threatening
tone of voice it wouldn’t calm him. Thus, the
pleasant, gentle, calm voice is one of the keys.

Secondly, animals cannot speak a human
language although they know certain words mean
certain things once they’re trained to it.

Plus, when the horse hears “There’s a
clever boy….” it has no meaning in the sense
that you want him to do something…although later
on it will have a meaning of “calm down, everything
is fine, you won’t get hurt, I love you, etc.”

Thus, I kind of think it’s the rhythm
of the words and repetition of it being said
over and over. It mesmerizes them.

I like to think of it as a sort of poetry
for horses. Often when us humans listen to poetry
written in songs, stories, or what have you, the
rhyming words reach out and grab you by the ear drums
and cause you to pay attention.

You tend to focus on what’s being said and
forget about what you were just thinking about.

Perhaps you have read some Dr. Suess books.
His books exploded with rhymes. Often, the words that
rhymed were made up and made no sense. But they were
captivating nonetheless.

And it’s my humble, unscientific, professional,
non-proven opinion that this is part of how this sing-song
works on horses.

Anyway, I thought you might like this
valuable little gem. It’s yet another technique one
trainer uses that others never heard of yet can
add to their bag of tricks.

It’s amazing what you can learn from different
horse trainers because each has there unique things they
do.

That’s why SuperStars of Horse Training exists.
You learn from the best of the best of horse trainers.
What they do with horses you can too after see what
they show you.

To learn more go to:
http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com

About The Author

Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author
of several best selling horse training and horse care books.
He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming
expert horse trainers and making their expertise available
to horse owners who want to learn different horse training
tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with
horses.
For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.