Law 2 – The horse that will hurt or kill you is your own.

This law is about complacency.  As we become comfortable around our horses we start taking short cuts.  Another aspect to this is that with experience…

Law 3 – Whenever working with a horse, always use a halter and lead.  Stay connected.

The idea behind a physical connection with a horse is that it prevents the horse from positioning themselves into a…

Law 4 – Place yourself between the horse and the exit. 

This law is an interesting concept that needs to start with a story. I finished working on a horse, and the owner wanted to take the mare outside to…

Law 5 – Become the leader.

This law focuses on a simple principle of horses.  They exist in groups with a hierarchical structure.  In other words, there is always one horse that is the leader, and the rest are…

Law 6 – To be a leader, you need to know the personalities of who you are leading.

Take four people and ask them to take out the garbage from the kitchen.  The first one, you say, “Take out the garbage,…

Law 7 – Seek first to understand…

This law is the first of two intrinsically connected laws, yet they need discussion separately. Originally it came from Stephen Covey’s book “The Seven Habits Of Highly…

Law 8 – … then to be understood.

All leaders have a plan. A leader’s purpose is to have a vision of where the group will end up. Again from Stephen Covey’s book, “Begin with the end in mind.” If the leader…

Law 9 – Energy is everything.

Whether looking through a microscope or a telescope, everything you see uses energy. Some of you may believe in a deity, a divine being, who is the creator of this energy, and…

Law 10 – A horse is a horse.

Horses are living, breathing beings with thoughts, needs, wants and desires. They have a unique digestive system. They live in herds with a unique method of social…

This is a very dangerous situation to be in. Walking into a field of horses with a bucket of grain can lead to your death. It has happened. Horses are like sharks in blood filled water when they think there…

Rewarding bad behavior is the most common mistake people make every day with their horses as well as the other people in their lives. Horsemanship IS leadership, but there can be no leadership if good behavior…

Never turn out horses together in a field when any horse has hind shoes on.
If I punched you in the jaw with my fist you will remember how much it hurt. If I punch you in the jaw wearing brass knuckles, I…

Treating the horse as a patient requires those treating the horse to respect it and treat it as a living being and not as as inanimate object.

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