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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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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Good
Never
Drawn
Rest
Happy
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Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we're not capable of filling ourselves.
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Most people think of a feel as when you touch something or someone and what it feels like to your fingers but, a feel can have a thousand different definitions. Sometimes feel is a mental thing. Sometimes feel can happen clear ‘cross the arena. Sort of an invitation from the horse to come to you.
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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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Horses and life, it's all the same to me.
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Horses are very sensitive and perceptive. You don't have to be physical with them.
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You can't think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you'd better prepare em for it in other ways.
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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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They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly.
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I take the horsemanship very seriously and I treat it with the same integrity that one would any of the fine arts.
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Don't get on a horse that's moving.
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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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Your Horse is a mirror to your soul.
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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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The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.
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My horse needs to be quiet enough not to draw my attention. You want your horse always aware of you. Be aware of your horse! Fidgeting? Direct that! Think of it as a gift. Do something with that energy redirect it or it will be a negative. Don't let your horse check-out. A horse wants peace. Trade movement for peace.
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Theoretically, the human is supposed to be the smart one. Well, if we are, then we need to be able to adjust to fit the situation rather than just think Well this is how you work with horses. I've done this on 500 just like you.
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You get that horse to really operate as if he’s your legs and you can take that anywhere you want. You can dress up in any kind of clothes you like. You can be a jumper, dressage rider, trail rider, cowboy, anything.
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Nobody has to lose for me to succeed and that is a unique job. Everybody wins, horse wins, people win, I win.
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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.
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You can't look forward and backward at the same time...........so I choose to look forward.
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