THE HORSE GAZETTE
“natural horsemanship”
what does it really mean?
Bo & Michelle Phillips By Kathie Lynne Leppard, NaturalRemudaEquineLearningCenter.com
Bulverde, TX
My boss likes to cowboys who were searching for syndrome”. Some people wish
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And are the answers the in- this transition is that we are no ous. We forget horses can and
spiration behind the growth of longer spending time with our do hurt people everyday. Even
the “Natural Horsemanship” horses everyday. Not only do though we are riding for dif-
phenomena? we not know horses in general, ferent reasons, there is still a
So few of us are we often do not even know our need for control. That reason is
privileged anymore to see own horse, or they us. We have safety…for everyone involved.
horses in the wild. How could lost the benefit of time and the A horse is always looking for
we possibly know and under- knowledge that comes with it. food and a safe place, so they
stand them? We cannot look When the average can eat and not be eaten. If they
to ourselves for clues because horse owner begins training using do not feel safe with you, then
of the vast differences in the traditional methods, they gener- it is their custom to challenge
way humans and horses func- ally focus on what they want the you. This can be a serious
tion. We are predators, they horse to do…what task is to be problem if you are not willing
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