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My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.
Buck Brannaman
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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
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Sheboygan
Wisconsin
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You try to do as little as you can, but you need to do as much as is necessary to get a result. When you get a result, you do less.
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It's a matter of timing and of patience. Although it may seem nothing is happening on the surface, there may yet be profound changes occurring a little deeper. Waiting isn't bad.
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The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you’re aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he’s aware of you more and more of the time.
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The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.
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I'm still on the move, I'm getting better because I'm still studying. I still want to be a better horseman.
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A lot of times, rather than helping people with horse problems, I'm helping horses with people problems.
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The horse responds to comfort, they respond to peace better than about anything else you could do. All he wants you to do is just leave him alone. So if the horse responds to you and you give him a little peace and comfort that means more to him than anything.
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On a horse there is a perfect position of balance where he doesn't feel like he's pushing you along with him or dragging you along with him. It's like two converging currents in a river, where those currents converge, there is a point where there is no movement, no energy and that's what you're thinking when you're on the back of a horse.
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You have to plan ahead so that rather then seek revenge for the horse's misbehavior, you see his aggressive behavior shaping up and can redirect it. You change his mind before he's acted and move on to something else.
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A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the same for me.
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My work is my play. I found a way to make my passion to be the same as how I make a living.
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If I heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times from Ray Hunt. He said 'make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy'. Then he said 'but don’t make the wrong thing impossible'. Well.....you learn from making mistakes. It’s that simple.
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With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done.
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You don't have contempt for a horse that's troubled. Everybody has baggage, everybody has things that they've had to deal with in their life, and it can be something positive depending on how you use it.
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When riding, ask yourself what will my horse get out of it if I get what I want? Many times, human nature is to take and to not give anything back.
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Simply put I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.
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Anytime you are with a horse, no matter if you are a daily rider or one who just gets a chance to ride to the mailbox, you are interacting with your horse. It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity. Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.
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I don't believe in waiting for a horse to do the wrong thing and then punishing him after the fact. You can't just say no to a horse. You have to redirect a negative behavior with a positive one, something that works for both of you. It's as though you're saying - instead of doing that, we can do this together.
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You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know what your kids will be drawn to.
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Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.
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