Category: Animal House
At last the equine terror Isildur has accepted that we are not monsters and he has turned over a new leaf..or should that be hoof..smile..He has been receiving daily training in a body language used by horses in the wild particularly lead mares, this was copied by Monty Roberts he called it Equus and he has had incredible results with abused animals like Isildur..instead of using force or intimidation the trainer drives the horse away as the lead mare would do to a stroppy youngster, for a wild horse to be kicked out of the herd,is a disaster and leaves them open to attack from predators,Isildur knows this and reacted exactly as we expected full of bluff and aggression, but he slowly realised that he had options, instead of being aggressive to escape a painful situation he began to absorb the training and eventually came to Join Up with his owner...for the 1st time in several months he is friendly and curious about people..this turn around in Isildur's case,is nothing short of miraculous.
glad to hear this goblin. I read montie robertt's book "the man who listens to horses," and it's very informative. though there was an assertion made on a radio programme about this very subject that everyone could do the equous training. not everyone can, blind people can't. the training involves eye contact and body position, and blind ppl can't access this. I sent a letter to the producers of the programme about this somewhat major error. glad to hear your horse is coming round to a better way of thinking.
Ahh but he's a colossal liar Dobbin, those horses were fine that is why he achieved the so called miracle results he claims in so short a time.2 hours in 1 day, is far too short a time to sort out a badly abused horse.. but thank you we are very pleased with Isildur so far, he's like a different animal.....
And however I would disagree that blind/vi people can't take part in this type of training, with sighted assistance, it's entirely possible...