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"A week ago I took, Sundance, one of my gaited mules to a trainer to have
him help me develop a better running walk.  I said to the man, "While
you are working with Sundance see if you can get him to trust the rider more
and not see so many spooks."  The trainer said to me, "I don't do it
that way.  This mule is ten years old and it is time he learns to trust
himself and not look to me to keep him out of trouble.  When he learns to 
trust
himself he can keep us both safe."  He didn't go into detail about how he
accomplishes this but I'll admit, I'm intrigued."
I am interested too....I would of been a bit more aggressive in my request 
about why he trains animals the way he does, and what his philosophy 
is...especially if he is training my animal at my expense.



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