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Barbara F


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What are the most important lessons horses have taught you?
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I have a few:

1. Fear is normal. Try to do what scares you anyway.

2. Have patience.

3. Blame myself first.

4. There is so much about our fellow creatures that we humans do not yet understand. Their potential for thought, emotion, reasoning, bonding are beyond our understanding and rather than assuming animals can't do something, assume we just haven't yet discovered all they are capable of.

 

 



-- Edited by Barbara F on Saturday 9th of July 2011 10:16:53 AM

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Marlene


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The most important lessons horses have taught me is to look inside myself when things are not going the way I think they should and use careful observation to problem solve. Try doing things differently if you want a different result. When animals are "misbehaving" they are just reacting to the circumstances and they can't change till I change the circumstances. Also being patient and waiting for the result I want so I can reward even a little effort in the right direction,  not expecting big dramatic results but rather progress by little baby steps. You can't fix everything at once, so pick something and enjoy a small success, everyone feels better then.



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Jackie Cochran


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That we humans are nowhere as smart as we think we are.



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MagsNMe


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The joy of living.
How to be a better person.
That a gentle nicker can make everything okay.
I can get up at 5am no matter how much I hate mornings.
I can hitch up a trailer in one pass when I need to get a colicking horse to a vet clinic.
To live in the now.


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porte101


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That you can never learn enough.


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Marlene


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Jackie Cochran wrote:

That we humans are nowhere as smart as we think we are.

 And horses have figured this out the hard way.



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Nikki Salo


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Do you have all day? I'm sure I could make a huge list of things that horses have taught me! biggrin

1. Laugh at yourself
2. Sometimes life hurts (literally and figuratively)
3. Patience
4. Understanding
5. Integrity
6. Be timely
7. Always try your best
8. Be honest
9. If you see a bad situation up ahead, turn and bolt away! biggrin

And many many more! Great thread, love everybody's thoughts so far and I echo them for sure. Horses are the best teachers aww



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that 6 month old mini ponies can look like miniature buffalo lol

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