Margo Dewkett Quotes on Horse (2 Quotes)

My aids, or my commands to the horse, should not be visible to the naked eye. It's kind of like when you and I are talking. We're supposed to just talk in a normal conversation and not yell. A horse is no different from us. They don't want us yelling at them, verbally or physically.

And their first instinctual reaction is to flee. Everything we do in education is to teach the horse to stop, stand still You're in doubt, stand still.