Communication

In Part 1 of Equine Behavior: Look Who’s Talking, we discussed the evolution of man’s self discovery and how he applied this to his approach to equines. If we want to manage our equines in a healthy way and accomplish even the most basic performance with them, there is much to consider during the training process. In Part 2 of Equine Behavior: Look Who’s Talking, we learned that equines are honest in their nature, and produce quick and honest reactions to a stimulus. Therapeutic Riding provides and exemplary teaching experience for both the human and the equine. Those of us with our own equines can now derive much more from our relationships with equines than we ever thought possible. Read more at https://www.luckythreeranch.com/mule-crossing-equine-behavior-look-whostalking-part-3/.

In Part 1 of Equine Behavior: Look Who’s Talking, we discussed the evolution of man’s self discovery and how he applied this to his approach to equines. If we want to manage our equines in a healthy way and accomplish even the most basic performance with them, there is much to consider during the training process. In the not-too-distant past, the prevalent belief was that, if you had a reasonably large patch of grass with a fence around it, you could have a horse. We now know it takes much more than this! Read more at https://www.luckythreeranch.com/mule-crossing-equine-behavior-look-whostalking-part-2/

All of these characteristics are part of the equine whole, but they do not explain who the horse, donkey or mule is as a personality. What kind of equine handler are you? When interacting with your Longears, or any equine, are you an observer or a participant? Are you fully aware of the reasons for your equine’s behaviors? Behavior in general is most often motivated by a stimulus that elicits a certain response, yet the early years of physiological development are mostly dependent on heredity. Heredity includes not only physical characteristics, but mental, emotional and instinctive behaviors as well. We are taught that if an equine’s knees are beginning to fuse (harden), he is ready for training. Is he really ready for training just because his knees are fusing? Physical development is called maturation, and we determine the equine’s capabilities by maturation alone, with no consideration for the animal as a whole. Read more at https://www.luckythreeranch.com/mule-crossing-equine-behavior-look-whostalking-part-1/

Many of you know me as the foremost authority on the contemporary saddle mule, but what you may not know is how I earned such a title. Most of us who have become trainers began by riding and showing. Through our success, we gained recognition and subsequently clients who brought their animals to us for training. Our success with their animals posed a question for each of us at a critical stage in our careers and we had to make a decision whether we were going on the road to do clinics or something different. I opted for something different! Read more at https://www.luckythreeranch.com/mule-crossing-the-language-of-longears/.