I admire people who train horses ! Working with exceptional humans is a blessing. It includes working with horses for equestrian activities
Training horses would be a great job! Can you tell me a little more about it?
Of course. Horses were originally trained back in the day for farm work, warfare , sport and transport.
Oh! I never thought about that, but I guess that's true! What are some other things, besides equestrian activities are horses trained for today?
movie stunt work to police and crowd control activities, circus entertainment, and equine-assisted psychotherapy.
There is tremendous controversy over various methods of horse training and even some of the words used to describe these methods. Some techniques are considered cruel, other methods are considered gentler and more humane. However, it is beyond the scope of this article to go into the details of various training methodology, so general, basic principles are described below. The "see also" section of this article provides links to more specific
Horse training
Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities from horse racing to therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities.
Historically, horses were trained for warfare, farm work, sport and transport. Today, most horse training is geared toward making horses useful for a variety of recreational and sporting equestrian pursuits. Horses are also trained for specialized jobs from