Horse Training Gets A New Face Lift From A 108 Year Old Horse
Training Manual!
If you have a passion to learn all you can about horse
training, then you will want to know about a 108 year old horse
training manual recently revived from a dusty old book shelf of
a used book store.
This horse training manual was written in the late 1800's by a
then world famous horse trainer named Jesse Beery.
In Beery's manual he explains the different steps it takes to
train a horse to be gentle, safe, reliable, and valuable.
Although this is a very basic example, Beery describes the
number one abuse of a command given to horses by their riders.
The command is "whoa". The reason this command is so abused is
because the rider will often say "whoa" while riding when they
want the horse to slow down.
Very quickly, the horse associates the word "whoa" with slowing
down instead of stopping. Soon, the frustrated horse owner
wonders why his horse won't stop when he says "whoa".
Beery reminds the reader to say "whoa" ONLY when you want the
horse to stop. Pick a different command for the horse to slow
down.
Furthermore, Beery explains with great detail how to teach a
horse to stop - even under any circumstance. This lesson,
according to Beery, is THE MOST important one of all.
Beery also describes in his book how to cure different vices a
horse may have. For instance, if a horse is a confirmed biter
and has been for a long time, Beery gives clear instruction on
how to stop it for good.
Even better is the instruction Beery offers for horses that
jump fences. In the book, you see a picture of a simple
apparatus put on a horse to keep him from jumping. Beery says
"When this simple appliance is on your horse, he can lie down
and get up, eat, or do anything but run fast or jump. This is
the best, most reliable, and safest remedy that has ever been
devised for fence jumpers."
Unfortunately, this book is rare enough that few copies exist.
The copies that exist are not always readable due to fading and
age. Thus, good copies are very pricey.
American horse trainer Andy Curry discovered a legible copy
from a used book store on a dusty shelf. Curry was able to make
copies available to horse owners who want to learn about Beery's
methods