For hundreds of years, horses have been domesticated and tamed from the wild mustang into the common pet or livestock animal. There are many “methods” that people have used, and may continue to still use today, in order to tame a young or wild horse. Each of these ways are vastly different from one another but try to achieve the same general purpose, to tame the horse.
The common term you will usually hear when referring to taming a wild or young horse is to “break the horse” or “ride the buck out of ‘em”. Both of these methods for going about the training process irritate me so much. I have been around horses all of my life, and I have done my fair share of taming young horses. Due to my experience, I can tell you first hand that both of these frequently used terms could not be farther from the truth. You do not “break a horse” or “ride the buck out of ‘em”, you teach them!
A young or wild horse is just like a young child. You cannot possibly expect them to learn everything in a single day or to even understand what you are asking of them in the first place. You must show patience and kindness throughout the entire process in order to gain their trust. They are not going to be willing to cooperate unless they feel as if they are not in danger or being forced too quickly into the unknown. I am not trying to say that the process of taming a horse has to be drug out over months or even years of time, but the miracle of seeing an inexperienced horse catch onto what you are teaching them is not going to take place in just a matter of days.
Furthermore, by rushing the training process or using unnecessary force, you risk that chance of causing injury to your protege. They are young and green; do not endanger their experience or the art of teaching a horse how to work to the best of its abilities for its master. Let me know what ya’ll think. Later Partner!
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