Behaviour Patterns in Our Horses

that lacks confidence will have lower selfesteem be less able to make good decisions because of a lack of trust in himself which leads to a lack of trust in others and may not accept enough responsibility for himself but will often accept too much authority from others. These are very general patterns but they are not too difficult to find if we spend some time studying the horse we are dealing with.
I am trying to help you see your horse differently and accept that not all behaviour problems are training problems. However we can usually deal with behaviour issues through specialized handling. This is different from training this is a concept rather than a technique.
On that note I will get back to the rearing horse. Once I established a pattern for his behaviour the approach I took to help him became easier to find.
This really was a fundamental unwillingness to accept responsibility for himself or his actions. This had developed because of a mild unwillingness to accept authority. He would not take the time to think about what he needed to do so he would rely on his instincts rather than his intelligence to resolve his confusion. This is ultimately what led to the rearing.
Once I had that sorted out I found the right approach to help him change this pattern. When trying to develop a plan I always start in the same place. I needed to develop his attention span and encourage him to think about what he was doing what I was asking and to make up his own mind about how to respond to a basic form of pressure. These were three basic responsibilities he had to accept if he was to change his behaviour. It was not about fixing a horse that rears in the