Comments on: What Horses Have Taught Me About Being a Communicator http://www.prosintraining.com/2009/01/what-horses-have-taught-me-about-being.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel .:. A Step Ahead http://www.prosintraining.com/2009/01/what-horses-have-taught-me-about-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-346 Rachel .:. A Step Ahead Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:22:00 +0000 http://vervenorthwest.com/prosintraining.com/?p=263#comment-346 I've ridden horses my entire life and competed for more than 10 years. Horses taught me so much.<br/><br/>1. Persuasion. Sometimes getting a 1,000 pound animal to do what you want is like pulling teeth. But you learn to persuade the horse into doing what you want it to. <br/><br/>2. Keeping calm and collected. When I was showing, I realized how important it was to keep myself calm and collected, even when things weren't going my way. I now can keep a "poker face" even when things are falling apart because I realized sometimes the judges haven't noticed what's going on. <br/><br/>3. Body language and confidence. Both of these go a long way in the show ring. You can be the best, but without confidence you don't have a chance. <br/><br/>Great post! I’ve ridden horses my entire life and competed for more than 10 years. Horses taught me so much.

1. Persuasion. Sometimes getting a 1,000 pound animal to do what you want is like pulling teeth. But you learn to persuade the horse into doing what you want it to.

2. Keeping calm and collected. When I was showing, I realized how important it was to keep myself calm and collected, even when things weren’t going my way. I now can keep a “poker face” even when things are falling apart because I realized sometimes the judges haven’t noticed what’s going on.

3. Body language and confidence. Both of these go a long way in the show ring. You can be the best, but without confidence you don’t have a chance.

Great post!

]]> By: Condo Blues http://www.prosintraining.com/2009/01/what-horses-have-taught-me-about-being.html/comment-page-1#comment-345 Condo Blues Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:04:00 +0000 http://vervenorthwest.com/prosintraining.com/?p=263#comment-345 For me it was rehabilitating my abused rescue dog. He lost an eye at the hands of his abuser and is very visually oriented. I had to pay very close attention to his body language and my to figure out what triggered his fearful behaviors. As a result I started to pay better attention to human body language which is something I wasn't always good at. <br/><br/>PS:After years of work I have a very confident dog now. For me it was rehabilitating my abused rescue dog. He lost an eye at the hands of his abuser and is very visually oriented. I had to pay very close attention to his body language and my to figure out what triggered his fearful behaviors. As a result I started to pay better attention to human body language which is something I wasn’t always good at.

PS:After years of work I have a very confident dog now.

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