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Timing is everything.
I help horses with people problems
Don't get on a horse that's moving.
Your Horse is a mirror to your soul.
Horses and life, it's all the same to me.
Everything you do with a horse is a dance.
Gentle in what you do, Firm in how you do it
There are no problem horses, only problem riders.
Well you learn from making mistakes. It's that simple.
Every time you interact with a horse, you are teaching the horse.
Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.
It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity.
Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.
Most people don't realize how little it takes to get a horse to move.
There are things that the horse did for me that a human couldn't have done.
They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly.
I just spend my life driving down the road, training horses and helping people.
Horses are very sensitive and perceptive. You don't have to be physical with them.
It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.
That absolute pure honesty of the horse, man that's just the greatest thing there is
One of the biggest challenges of a horsemen is to be able tot control your emotions.
Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.
The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.
You can't make something happen with a horse, but you can fix things up and let it happen.
You can't look forward and backward at the same time...........so I choose to look forward.
My work is my play. I found a way to make my passion to be the same as how I make a living.
Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we're not capable of filling ourselves.
If you miss the beginning, the basics, then you are destined to go back and visit the basics.
The horse saved my life, so that's kind of why I'll spend the rest of mine trying to help them.
All your horse looks for is the thing that matters most, peace and contentment. Give it to him.
The horse is a mirror to your soul... and sometimes you might not like what you see in the mirror.
A lot of times, rather than helping people with horse problems, I'm helping horses with people problems.
A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the same for me.
I'm still on the move, I'm getting better because I'm still studying. I still want to be a better horseman.
Simply put; I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.
Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.
The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect & fear. And they're not the same at all.
Nobody has to lose for me to succeed and that is a unique job. Everybody wins, horse wins, people win, I win.
There are things that change all through your life the way you deal with people, the way you approach problems.
I take the horsemanship very seriously and I treat it with the same integrity that one would any of the fine arts.
Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them.
When you find that the horse is compelled and interested in you, something in you changes. That can be healing or move you deeply.
You try to do as little as you can, but you need to do as much as is necessary to get a result. When you get a result, you do less.
The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.
You can't think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you'd better prepare em for it in other ways.
When you're younger, you ride with 90% physical and 10% mental. But if you could learn how to use 90% mental and 10% physical you'd be better off.
With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done.
When riding, ask yourself what will my horse get out of it if I get what I want? Many times, human nature is to take and to not give anything back.
You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know what your kids will be drawn to.
My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.