Behaviour Patterns in Our Horses

training sense it was about changing the fundamental factors that led to the way he dealt with stress which led to a pattern of behaviour developing. Change the factors and change the behaviour.
I was able to change the factors and he went home not a fixed horse but a horse that had accepted the responsibility to pay attention to think and to make more informed decisions. He still made many mistakes but he was not frustrated by them he worked through them and found success in basic improvement. He became more willing to take correction from me without taking offense to it. For the most part he stopped anticipating and became more deliberate in his responses to pressure.
This in itself was a big deal because it makes a horse more predictable and ultimately more reliable.
Most training issues are not as cutanddry as we think. Take the time to evaluate not just what is going wrong but what pattern your horse is stuck in.