I think horses are beautiful creatures. But, I imagine they are hard to train and need a good horse trainer?
I agree, they're responsible for their physical needs in addition to teaching them behaviors and coaching them for events.
I think it would be fun to be able to train a horse, if you have the skills. I wonder, does a horse training have to go to school for that, or is it learned from years of interactions with horses?
I'm not really sure but I think it varies depending on what kind of training you'd be doing. Originally horses were trained for warfare and farmwork.
Yes, I would think having horses for farms years ago was a necessity, just as war. Now, they are mostly for recreation, in many cases.
Horses in warfare
The first use of horses in warfare occurred over 5,000 years ago. The earliest evidence of horses ridden in warfare dates from Eurasia between 4000 and 3000 BC. A Sumerian illustration of warfare from 2500 BC depicts some type of equine pulling wagons. By 1600 BC, improved harness and chariot designs made chariot warfare common throughout the Ancient Near East, and the earliest written training manual for war horses was a guide for training chariot horses written about 1350 BC. As formal cavalry tactics replaced the
Horse trainer
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals’ physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed.
History.
Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records