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You can't make something happen with a horse, but you can fix things up and let it happen.

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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
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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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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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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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Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.
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In nature this animal would have nothing to do with you. Natural horsemanship is just words. It's not natural at all. There's an abundance of trust that must be developed for you. Imagine if humans were that pliable.
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When you first get started, you're the only one with a vision. When you become creative and use your imagination, pretty soon the things you imagined, you can get done. If you got a taste of it, if you got a taste of what I'm talking about, you'd rather do that than eat. You couldn't get enough of it. You'll hunger for it the rest of your life.
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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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Every time you interact with a horse, you are teaching the horse.
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There have been so many times over the years where people have said Man, I thought I was just coming to this deal to get a little handier with my horse and I'll say Well, in the beginning, I thought that's all you were coming for too. But it turns out it's about something else.
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Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.
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When you find that the horse is compelled and interested in you, something in you changes. That can be healing or move you deeply.
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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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If you miss the beginning, the basics, then you are destined to go back and visit the basics.
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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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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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One of the biggest challenges of a horsemen is to be able tot control your emotions.
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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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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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The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.
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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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