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Defensive Horsemanship Training
Handling Horses
Some Common Concerns
Human Emotions
Anger
Fear
Impatience
Annoying Manners and Bad Habits
General Guidelines
Human Emotions

Horses respond to confidence and ease.

Human emotions that work against effective communication with a horse:

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  • Anger

  • Fear

  • Impatience
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