Here are 5 principles that show how your horse’s mind works. They are the rules for how he learns things. I use these to retrain every behaviour problem that I get. If you understand them too, you will be able to keep your horse well trained.
Horses have to get used to perceived threats in order to survive. They can’t always be running away, wasting energy. We can systematically use this to get horses used to things they tend to be scared of.
Horses learn by trial and error. When the result of a certain behaviour is something they want, they are likely to repeat it. When the result is something they don’t want, they are less likely to repeat it. Horses don’t learn well from punishment.
Horses easily make associations. When one event predictably happens before another, the horse strings them together in its mind. These can be good or bad associations.
Horses get progressively better with practice. If they practice something we don’t want and it is somehow rewarding, they will get better at that just as much as practicing behaviour that we like.
Horses need clear consistency. They rely on the cues we give them, intentionally or not. They must always be able to tell what we are asking of them.
By knowing these things about horses, I can ‘speak’ in a way they understand. You can, too.
When you take lessons with your horse, I go through how these training tools work. When you register your horse for training, you get access to me during training to learn how I teach him and a lesson to put it into practice!
Clairety Horsemanship 
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