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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 89 VG+
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Lot of 14 Mixed Golden Age Dell Comic Collection Gene Autry Popeye  Four Color
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Golden Age DVD COWBOY WESTERN DELL COMICS Gene Autry Rex Allen Range Rider 2
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 75 VG
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STROEHMANNS BREAD GENE AUTRY STORY Picture paste up
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 98 GD VG
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Gene Autry 1955 Red Goose Shoes Comic Book
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Gene Autry 70 Roy Rogers Trigger 111 Sundance 1126 Dell 3 Comic Lot Collection
Gene Autry 70 Roy Rogers Trigger 111 Sundance 1126 Dell 3 Comic Lot Collection
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 65 FN
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GENE AUTRY 44 SPANISH MEXICAN COMIC NOVARO
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 42 VG Fine 1950 Dell Photo Cover
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 5 1943 FAWCETT WESTERN TILL GOODAN
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Gene Autry Comics 37 Dell Comics March 1950
Gene Autry Comics 37 Dell Comics March 1950
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 43 VG Fine 1950 Dell Photo Cover
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GENE AUTRY 1439 BIG LITTLE BOOK 1948 WHITMAN HIGH GRAD
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 59 VG Fine Dell Photo Cover 1952
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Vintage 1949 Gene Autry Dell Cowboy Comic Good Condition Volume 1 33
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Gene Autry Comics 55 Dell 1951 CGC NM 94
Gene Autry Comics 55 Dell 1951 CGC NM 94
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 43 1950 Dell Photo Cover
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 11  12 BARGAIN LOT 1948
GENE AUTRY COMICS 11 12 BARGAIN LOT 1948
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 62 Fine Dell Photo Cover 1953
Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 62 Fine Dell Photo Cover 1953
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GENE AUTRY COMICS NO47 JAN 1951   GD
GENE AUTRY COMICS NO47 JAN 1951 GD
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GENE AUTRY  HAWK OF THE HILLS BIG LITTLE BOOK 1493
GENE AUTRY HAWK OF THE HILLS BIG LITTLE BOOK 1493
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 64 Fine Dell Photo Cover 1953
Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 64 Fine Dell Photo Cover 1953
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 101 PHOTO COVER WESTERN
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 65 Fine Dell Photo Cover 1953
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 22 PHOTO COVER WESTERN
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 49 COVERS LK
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GENE AUTRY 71  52 pages  Dell Comics
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 12 1947 BARGAIN COPY JESSE MARSH ART
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 55 1951 Dell Photo Cover
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 32 1949 PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH ART
GENE AUTRY COMICS 32 1949 PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH ART
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 92 PHOTO COVER WESTERN
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 18 GD+
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 33 1949 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
GENE AUTRY COMICS 33 1949 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 66 Dell Photo Cover 1952
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Gene Autry Comic Book Vol1 No 80 October 1953 Robin Roberts Ad On Back
Gene Autry Comic Book Vol1 No 80 October 1953 Robin Roberts Ad On Back
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 23 1949 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
GENE AUTRY COMICS 23 1949 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
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1950 GENE AUTRY COMIC BOOK QUAKER OATS PROMO
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 41 1950 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
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GENE AUTRY 14 SPANISH MEXICAN COMIC NOVARO
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 46 1950 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
GENE AUTRY COMICS 46 1950 DELL PHOTO COVER JESSE MARSH
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Comic book  110 1956 GENE AUTRY  CHAMPION poor cond but intact
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 46 1950 Dell Photo Cover
Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 46 1950 Dell Photo Cover
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 6 1947 DELL CHAMPION PHOTO COVER
GENE AUTRY COMICS 6 1947 DELL CHAMPION PHOTO COVER
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 48 1951 Dell Photo Cover
Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 48 1951 Dell Photo Cover
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GENE AUTRY FOUR COLOR 75 1945 DELL COMICS JESSE MARSH
GENE AUTRY FOUR COLOR 75 1945 DELL COMICS JESSE MARSH
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1940s 50s Golden Age Cowboy Western Comic Book Lot Roy Rogers Gene Autry Tom Mix
1940s 50s Golden Age Cowboy Western Comic Book Lot Roy Rogers Gene Autry Tom Mix
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 12 vintage golden age comic book
GENE AUTRY COMICS 12 vintage golden age comic book
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GENE AUTRY 66 1945 GOLDEN AGE WESTERN
GENE AUTRY 66 1945 GOLDEN AGE WESTERN
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Gene Autrys Champion 1952 11 VG
Gene Autrys Champion 1952 11 VG
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 22 Dec 1948 VG F 50 Golden Age WESTERN TV Unrestored
GENE AUTRY COMICS 22 Dec 1948 VG F 50 Golden Age WESTERN TV Unrestored
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Gene Autry Comics 15 Dell Comics May 1948
Gene Autry Comics 15 Dell Comics May 1948
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Gene Autry Comics 23 Jesse Marsh Golden Age Dell Comics 1949 Ships FREE
Gene Autry Comics 23 Jesse Marsh Golden Age Dell Comics 1949 Ships FREE
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Gene Autry Comics 38 Dell Comics April 1950
Gene Autry Comics 38 Dell Comics April 1950
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1950 GENE AUTRY COMICS 45 Dell Golden Age Western Comic Book
1950 GENE AUTRY COMICS 45 Dell Golden Age Western Comic Book
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Gene Autry Comics 39 Dell Comics May 1950
Gene Autry Comics 39 Dell Comics May 1950
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VideoFlash Magazine Lord Of The Rings Gene Autry Modesty Blaise Tom Cruise
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Gene Autry Comics 30 VG Super Bright Photo Goldie
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Western Roundup 3 Sept 1953 Roy Rogers Gene Autry
Western Roundup 3 Sept 1953 Roy Rogers Gene Autry
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Gene Autry Adventure Comic and Play Fun Book 1947 1947 FN+
Gene Autry Adventure Comic and Play Fun Book 1947 1947 FN+
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Western Roundup 5 Jan 1954 Roy Rogers Gene Autry
Western Roundup 5 Jan 1954 Roy Rogers Gene Autry
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 34 1949 PHOTO COVER DELL
GENE AUTRY COMICS 34 1949 PHOTO COVER DELL
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Gene Autry Adventure Comic and Play Fun Book 1947 1947 FN
Gene Autry Adventure Comic and Play Fun Book 1947 1947 FN
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Gene Autry Adventure Comics 1947 Giveaway
Gene Autry Adventure Comics 1947 Giveaway
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GENE AUTRYS CHAMPION COMIC BOOK
GENE AUTRYS CHAMPION COMIC BOOK
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Gene Autry Comics 10 Nov 1947
Gene Autry Comics 10 Nov 1947
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VINTAGE GENE AUTRY SONG BOOK W PICS WESTERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO 1942
VINTAGE GENE AUTRY SONG BOOK W PICS WESTERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO 1942
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Dell Giant Western RoundUp 4 1953 vg Round Up Autry
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Gene Autry Comics 59 Jan 1952
Gene Autry Comics 59 Jan 1952
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 52 VG
Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 52 VG
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Gene Autry Comics 60 Feb 1952
Gene Autry Comics 60 Feb 1952
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March of Comics 90 Gene Autry
March of Comics 90 Gene Autry
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1948 DELL Comic Book GENE AUTRY  18
1948 DELL Comic Book GENE AUTRY 18
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Western Roundup 11 July 1955 Dell Giant Roy Rogers Gene Autry
Western Roundup 11 July 1955 Dell Giant Roy Rogers Gene Autry
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Gene Autry Comics No89 1954   Canteen Cover
Gene Autry Comics No89 1954 Canteen Cover
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Western Roundup 8 Oct 1954 Dell Giant Roy Rogers Gene Autry
Western Roundup 8 Oct 1954 Dell Giant Roy Rogers Gene Autry
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 30 1949 DELL PHOTO COVER CHAMPION
GENE AUTRY COMICS 30 1949 DELL PHOTO COVER CHAMPION
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 52 FR GD
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 33 PHOTO COVER DELL WESTERN
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 67 GD
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GENE AUTRY 26 Golden Age WESTERN TV April 1949 Unrestored G 20
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 41 GREAT PHOTO COVER DELL WESTERN
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 109 GD
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 42 1950 PHOTO COVER DELL
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 30 GD
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 19 PHOTO COVER WESTERN CLASSIC
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 38 GD
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Gene Autry Comics 43 Dell Publishing 1950
Gene Autry Comics 43 Dell Publishing 1950
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 41 GD
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GENE AUTRY COMICS 71 PHOTO COVER JANUARY 1953 DELL
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GENE AUTRY 15 JESSE MARSH ART 1948 EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
GENE AUTRY 15 JESSE MARSH ART 1948 EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 44 GD
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GENE AUTRY 20 JESSE MARSH ART 1948 EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 53 GD
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GENE AUTRY 26 JESSE MARSH ART 1949 EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
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GENE AUTRY 32 JESSE MARSH ART 1949 EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
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Gene Autry Comics 1946 1959 Dell 57 VG
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GENE AUTRY 35 JESSE MARSH ART 1950 EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
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Autry Comic
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Horse Training Video

Training horses areis} rarely a walk in the park. In fact, becoming a seasoned horse trainer requires many hours of practice and application, and much of money for clinics and courses in horse training. Yet, not everyone has the desire to become a professional trainer nor the money and time to enroll in many horse training events for weeks or even months of learning.

Horse training videos will allow you to study the inner workings of different horse trainer.

Current Information

Horse training videos should provide a compressed source of knowledge of horses and training. Although, clinics and such provide the benefit of being able to get questions answered and having an instructor guide you through the exercises, videos give you the advantage of being able to rewind or stop when you need to. Most of the time the techniques being taught by the videos are effective, so you don't need to resort to trial and error in learning how to train your horse. And all the learning can be done in the comfort of your own home.

At Your Learning Level

Training videos also enable you to learn training methods and caring for your horse at your pace. You don't need to adapt to a rigid schedule that clinics may have to enforce. You can learn new skills while you go on with your life, your job, or other priorities. These videos are great for people who want to learn more about horses and training but only a few minutes each day in which to fit learning into their daily schedules.

Repetition

If you own the videos, you have the luxury of playing the videos over and over again until you have fully grasped the topics covered. But don't underestimate the value of borrowing videos as well.

Learn Anywhere, Anytime

There are no more reasons for you not to allocate time each day to learning how to train your horse.

© 2005 Allen Pogue All rights reserved

Perhaps one of the most difficult hurdles inherent in promoting the Imagine a Horse training program is the use of the word tricks when used to describe some of the behaviors we seek to accomplish. There is a very real segment of the present day horse culture that recoils from even the thought of including anything outside the mainstream in their chosen field of endeavor. When I was growing up in the Midwest in the 1950's and 60's trick horses were quite popular. Mr. Ed was a wildly popular TV show and the comedy movies about Francis The Talking Mule were a recent memory. There was not a Saturday afternoon cowboy matinee that did not include an equine co-star that often was as popular (or more so) than the cowboy hero. Roy Rogers' horse Trigger and Gene Autry's Champion are probably the two most well remembered equine stars of both TV and movies. Trigger was often billed as, "the smartest horse in the world". Now this is quite a title to have to live up to, but the horse along with some clever off-screen coaching by Glenn Randall his trainer, always did his part to not only save the day for Roy but also to provide a little comic relief now and then. Educated horse lovers in the 21st century tend to admire the horse's contribution to our culture not as a comedian but more as sentient and near equal companion in sport and in the field who though mute is eloquent in his own ways. Imagine a Horse was created to address this very real concept from the very beginning. We see it happening all the time, clinicians and trainers from in other more traditional disciplines trying to capitalize on the newly rekindled interest in trick training. Just open any equine magazine and carefully examine advertisements and articles and you will see trick horses being used to generate in interest a product line or a training program that has become passé with over exposure and over hyped marketing. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, but it is easy to see through. In doing so the common denominator gets lowered and the public is once again exposed to horses being used as mere objects and all too often as the butt of a poorly conceived joke or comedic skit. I have taken my cue from Alios Podhajsky, the past director of the Spanish Riding School whose motto was, "The goal of all training is to make the horse more beautiful". While beauty on the surface is in the eye of the beholder, real equine beauty is the totality of the experience and it is not limited to being merely skin deep. A beautiful horse is an obedient horse; one who obeys commands generously while also displaying his own inner spark of joy. A beautiful horse is an intelligent horse; one who obviously displays an inner sense of not only cooperation but also of inspiration.
It is only at Liberty that a horse is a horse. There is an old saying that states, "A rider without a horse will only be a man, but a horse without a rider will always be a noble creature".
The question is, how do we as trainers bring forth inspiration not only from our horses but also how to share it with them. In the beginning, give the horse his Liberty and then use training strategies that are calculated obtain obedience as well as willing submission and that enhance the horse's potential for understanding the discipline you have chosen.
In this world there are very few absolutes and so it is with a certain amount of trepidation I am going to offer this blanket statement of fact. Horses can without any doubt learn to understand spoken (and unspoken) human (body) language to a degree seldom recognized IF they are systematically taught to relate or associate certain words and gestures with specific objects, situations and behaviors. One of the essential elements of trick training is the use of stage props. This may be something as simple as a pedestal or as sophisticated as a 21st century whip. Now it is easy for the uninitiated to understand that a pedestal is a simple prop but how, you might ask, can a whip be considered sophisticated. A whip derives its sophistication from not only the hand and mind that guides it but also its design and the craftsmanship that went into its manufacture.
All whips are not created equal, but if you were to visit any tack store and examine the selection you would tend to disagree with me. I have spent the last five years developing a selection of whips that allow me the freedom of expression to truly communicate with horses in a language they readily understand. When you wish to effectively communicate with a horse there is a triad of techniques, each accentuating and reinforcing the other, that are necessary to achieve a high level of compliance and understanding. The elements of this triad are: your proximity to the horse, the vocal cue and the tactile cue. If you add to this a few well-chosen stage props that are crafted in a way as to be horse friendly, then you are well on the path towards being able to gain a high level of cooperation and compliance from a horse that is gaining useful intelligence with each new lesson.
This is why I use a training approach that appears on the surface to be based on teaching tricks very early in a horse's life. The stage props and the small schooling area give the young horse a chance to focus and not be distracted by wide open spaces and other horses not immediately involved in the lesson plan. Additionally the whips and techniques with which they are used are so uniquely different than anything ever conceived of in the history of horse training is what makes the Imagine a Horse method work so well. Interest in trick training is without a doubt on the rise, although it now often appears under a different banner and goes by other names and typically is disguised as something more readily palatable by a modern audience. "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" are the immortal words of Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet . I'll venture that he never thought they would apply to horse training in the 21st century.

About the Author

My name is Dwayne Steves and I am a non-professional horse trainer from Colorado.  Animals, and in particular horses are a real passion for me.

Like I always say, Horses are like people; only better.

Angel Song - Gene Autry

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August 26th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

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