Re: RC: Please explain NH to me.

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

Tracey,
My take on these "NH" programs are that they are people training systems. 
Horses can learn anything presented in a calm consistant manner. It's the 
people who need the work on being consistant giving the same verbal & body 
language cues. The round pen (or little square pen) keeps the 2 in close 
enough proximity to work things out.
There are so many people getting horses with no previous experience with 
animals, there is nothing "natural" about it---for the people. That's why 
the different programs work for different people, it depends on what the 
people are more comfortable with.

Nancy Mitts

>From: "Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>
>To: "Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>, <RQuestarabians@aol.com>
>CC: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  Please explain NH to me.
>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:14:53 +0200
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>Sandy said:
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> >Tracey---from the above statement and several more you have made...it's
>apparent that you don't understand what it is these guys are doing with the
>horses in the round pen or at the end or a line>
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>That's entirely possible : my statement stemmed from limited experience 
>with
>Natural Horsemanship, largely reading, watching videos, attending clinics
>and surfing the net.  If I've got it all wrong, then I'd be grateful if you
>could explain it to me : just why do these guys spend so much time in the
>round pen, and why do they chase the horses round it?
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>Tracey
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