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Date Posted: 00:16:39 02/04/03 Tue
Author: Cheri
Subject: A New Week. Daily Inspirations, and Horse Facts..


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[> Monday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 00:19:24 02/04/03 Tue


THE PROMISE

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Genesis 18:10-14 (NRSV)

Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son."

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Is anything too hard for the LORD?

-- Genesis 18:14 (NIV)

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THE argument was loud. Our words flew across the room and hit like boulders. "One day," I promised, "you will know that nothing you do will stop me from loving you." My daughter's unbelieving laughter put me to the test.

Remembering God's promise to Sarah and her unbelieving laughter, I reflected on God's faithfulness. God fulfilled the promise even when Sarah's faith failed. I needed to fulfill my promise in the face of my daughter's doubt. All I needed was God's help, opportunities, and time.

Opportunities came; and with each encounter, my daughter's resistance dissolved a little bit more. Just as God kept the promises to be with me, to teach me, and to reach out in love to me especially when I was rebellious, so I have been able to keep my promise to love my child. In time, God worked in our circumstances to bring about trust, respect, and love.


Prayer: God, remind us each day that nothing is too hard for you.
Amen.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God's faithfulness is our model for how to love.

-- Linda Heberling (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Parents of teenagers
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[> Monday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 00:25:57 02/04/03 Tue



Selenium and the Horse



Selenium is a trace element required by the horse.
Selenium is not manufactured by plants, but is absorbed by them from the earth. If the soil is low in selenium then it is likely that both hay and oats grown on it will also have a low content . Most soils are not low in Se but some are.

Main electrolytes : Na K Ca Mg Chloride Phosphate
Trace Elements : Fe Cu Zn Co selenium S I

To check on the electrolyte levels of a horse is not straightforward; Blood Plasma Concentration gives an overall guide to electrolyte/mineral levels, but will only detect large deficiency or excess. However horses are very capable of maintaining plasma levels to the detriment of tissue levels therefore a combined blood urine analysis may be better. Even so it is not easy to analyse out a trace of selenium in comparison to a main electrolyte such as Sodium. Possible but difficult, therefore probably expensive!

Most equine diets have a natural excess of electrolytes.

BUT soils deficient in selenium may cause problems for horses especially broodmares youngstock .

Selenium is a key part of the blood cell enzyme glutathione peroxidase which in conjunction with vit E, removes free radicals {very reactive damaging substances that are sometimes formed within cells, see below} from the body. Selenium and/or Vit E deficiency have been shown to cause muscle disease in young horses.

Substantial excess Selenium is TOXIC.

Toxicity is partly due to selenium replacing sulphur in proteins, typically causing diseased hoof horn, known as alkali disease. If poisoning is acute then death occurs due to organ damage, especially the liver. Some plants e.g.. vetch can contain selenium at up to 6000ppm, this is considered sufficient to cause acute poisoning if eaten in any quantity.

Quotes for absolute daily requirement appear contradictory, but in the UK, where Se additives are not necessary under normal conditions the herbage typically contains 0.1 mg per kg of dry matter.

Therefore it doesn't seem unreasonable to conclude that a possible inclusion rate for an adult horse would be 1mg per day as a feed supplement. Youngstock typically require a greater level of trace elements than adults, but given the nature sensitivity of Selenium in the diet, I would not be inclined to exceed this level unless professionally advised to do so.

Selenium requirement action is known to vary with VitE levels, therefore a supplement that contains both VitE Selenium would seem sensible. A few years ago I did feed one such supplement to help a mare recover from a skin hair infection. My observations aren't scientifically based, but it did seem to help her.


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[> Tuesday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 00:05:06 02/05/03 Wed



CALLED TO FISH

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Matthew 4:18-22 (NRSV)

As [Jesus] walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea -- for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

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[Jesus] said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

-- Matthew 4:19-20 (NRSV)

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SOON after I became a Christian, I felt God calling me into full-time Christian ministry. Because I was in the military, I could not immediately leave everything to follow Jesus as the four fishermen in Matthew's Gospel did. I soon realized, however, that I had numerous opportunities to fish for people where I was.

When Jesus calls us into the Christian life, he promises to train and empower us to fish for people. Whether we are full-time clergy or lay people, Christ calls us to love and serve wherever we are - in the home, in the classroom, at work, and wherever we encounter people.

Answering this call does not require a scholarly understanding of the Bible, ordination, great wealth, or high social standing. Jesus works wonders through ordinary people who give themselves fully to him and try consistently to live a Christlike life. His disciples were ordinary people whom he used to change the world.

Like theirs, our daily actions and decisions can reflect our willingness to witness to others.


Prayer: Heavenly Father, teach us to fish for people with confidence
and enthusiasm. Make us willing disciples of your kingdom. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God calls us to fish for people wherever we are. "Carpe diem." Fish
today.

-- Virgil Fry (Indiana, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: To see my opportunities to witness

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[> Tuesday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 01:06:37 02/05/03 Wed


**** 1. The Irish Draught Horse. ****


The name Irish Draught may be misleading in that many people are surprised to find that the breed is a lighter free-moving animal than the traditional image of the heavy horse. Nevertheless, the ancestry of the breed goes back to the small Irish farm where the farm horse doubled up as a hunter as well as taking the trap or dogcart into the town.

However, today the Irish Draught is more sought after for its breeding qualities. In England, the brood mare has been acknowledged as an excellent dam of a hunter when mated with a thoroughbred stallion. Now the Irish Draught stallion is being used more and more to get extra bone and substance in the progeny of the lighter type mare.

The breed has been existence for a century or more, though it has been nearly lost on several occasions. During periods of poverty and famine in Irish history, many breeders gave up registering their animals and it took many hours of work by breed enthusiasts and the Irish Horse Board to get a new stud book started.

The horse has a graceful carriage of head and neck with a big, kind eye, strong limbs with particularly short cannon bones. Despite the power the horse should be free moving and not ponderous. The feet should be like those of a hunter and not like a cart horse. The feet are one of the most important points and the reason why the Irish Draught is required for the breeding of show jumpers is that they have to withstand the concussion from jumping, often on hard surfaces.

Horses by our Registered Irish Draught Stallions are now well to the fore in every discipline. With qualifying horses at the Horse of the Year Show in the Working Hunter, Ridden Hunter, Show Jumping and Cob categories. Our Irish Draught stock is also consistently making best prices at sales.


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[> Wednesday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 06:01:05 02/06/03 Thu


A FUTURE WITH HOPE

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Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NRSV)

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

-- Jeremiah 29:11 (NRSV)

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TODAY I lost my "dream job," working with small groups of struggling second graders. I had worked hard to build a relationship of trust and genuine love with them. I committed my career to God and gave thanks daily for such a wonderful and gratifying way of helping God's little ones. "Why did God allow the department to close and my hopes to be dashed?" I wondered. "Where will I again find such a fulfilling job?"

As these thoughts threatened to overwhelm me, I thought about the little tree outside my front door. The coming of spring promised it would soon sprout beautiful foliage on its tired, brittle branches. Yet the tree seemed to sag hopelessly, still holding on to several dead leaves which had somehow managed to survive the winter. Those leaves hung on precariously, unaware that the time had come to make way for new growth.

Was I stubbornly hanging on to my dream job and becoming angry rather than trusting God? Perhaps God has something even better in mind for me and for the children, just a season away. I want to allow God to show me the path. As surely as the buds of spring will sprout, God will provide new hope.


Prayer: God of hope, help us to trust you and to keep our eyes
focused on you as you lead us on our daily journey. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God gives us the gift of hope.

-- Barclay Marcell (Illinois, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Students struggling with school
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[> Wednesday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 06:09:07 02/06/03 Thu


The Percheron Horse



The Percheron Horse originated in the area known as "Le Perche" in the north west of France. Here in 732 A.D. Arabian Horses abandoned by Moors after their defeat in the Battle of Tours were crossed with the massive Flemish stock and from this cross came the Percheron type which has endured for twelve centuries.

During the Crusades, further infusion of Arab blood was made; Arab sires procured in the Holy Land were bred to the Percheron. In the early 1800's the French Government's Stud at La Pin introduced further Arab blood into the Percheron breed by covering selected mares with two outstanding Arab sires. Now all contemporary Percheron's share this common heritage descending from the foundation stock that originated in La Perche.

The Percheron Horse Society of France was founded in 1883, to safeguard the breeding of pure stock and from this small district of La Perche. Pure-bred breeding stock has been exported all over the world with each nation except U.S.S.R., having an official Breed Association to ensure the preservation of the pure-bred Percheron, and so the Percheron Horse remains genetically pure with registered animals.

Introduction of the Percheron into England came about at the conclusion of the First World War. Many farmers serving with the British Forces in France became familiar with the Percheron and impressed with its docility, activity and power and ability to work both in mud and on hard surfaces. At the conclusion of activities the Percheron was imported to England as a general workhorse and large numbers were to be seen working through out the arable counties of East Anglia and the Fens in particular and they quickly spread to other parts of the country.

The formation of the British Percheron Horse Society took place in 1918 and during 1918-1922, 36 stallions and 321 mares were imported from France and the merits of this clean-legged animal were unmistakably recognised, and membership of the society grew steadily. The main aim of the Society was to encourage the breeding of a clean legged draught horse with short legs, short back, ample bone, powerful, active and quick in work with a good temper and easy to handle.

During World War Two and immediately afterwards, there was a rapid increase in farm mechanisation and a consequent decline in the numbers on heavy horses seen on farms. However, a strong nucleus of Percherons remained on farms in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Co. Durham, and Hampshire.

Enthusiasts have since kept the breed alive and active and now in the 90's with energy crises and oil shortages, there is a tremendous amount of interest in the breed with many new studs being started in various parts of the country. The demand for the Percheron has been such that export sales have been made to Canada, Australia and many other parts of the world to the extent that the Percheron is now a leading breed in the world of Heavy Horses.

Despite the placid nature of the Percheron, they are capable of a good showing with plenty of action when required for showing. A well-matched team of either dark dapple or light greys, properly handled, can make a very fine display. Again, their nature makes them good to handle and very popular with the public.

In recent years pure bred Percheron's have performed well in Heavy Horse Driving Trials and during the "Route de Poisson" where distances of up to 17Km are covered at a trot. Percheron horses crossed with lighter breeds are known to make good riding horses for Hacking and Hunting.

Anyone interested in the draught horse for commercial use would be well advised to give the Percheron serious consideration.


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[> Thursday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 05:03:33 02/07/03 Fri


ROLE MODELS

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1 Peter 5:1-4 (NRSV)

Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you do it -- not for sordid gain but eagerly. Do not lord it over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades away.

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Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them.

-- Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NRSV)

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MY most vivid and comforting memories of my mother and father are of their daily spiritual rituals. My mother volunteered at the church. We prayed before every meal, and every Sunday my family filled a pew in church. My father began and ended each day on his knees in prayer.
At night, he sat in his pajamas and robe and read the Bible and The Upper Room. No matter where I was -- in college, in graduate school, or at home with my husband -- my parents made sure I had a subscription to The Upper Room. Because of their example and gentle persistence, daily prayer and Bible reading are an integral part of my day.

Now that I am an adult, I realize that my mother and father shaped my faith. They were my role models, and my beliefs and convictions were established at home. Now my husband and I try to be role models for our son. I trust that our spiritual practices will help to mold his faith.


Prayer: God, help us to be good role models for those near us. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
What do others know of God because of knowing me?

-- Catherine Penry Rhodes (North Carolina, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Parents with young children

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[> Thursday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 05:16:54 02/07/03 Fri



The American Cream Draft Horse..


The "Cream" of Draft Horses


The only breed of draft horse to originate from America. The ideal American Cream is a medium cream color with white mane and tail, pink skin and amber colored eyes. Some white markings are also very desirable. Pink skin is the determining factor in securing this rich cream color. Past experience has proved that dark-skinned Creams often do not have a satisfactory color.

Further when mated with our American Creams, they generally produce too light or nearly white offspring. Therefore, our chief and most sought for strain of American Creams has always carried the pink skin trait. These vary but little in color throughout the year and the white markings contrast beautifully with their rich cream color.

The amber eyes are also an unusual and distinguishing trait of the American Creams. The foals are born with nearly white eyes. In a short time they begin to darken and by maturity have turned to an amber color.

The total number of registered American Cream Draft Horses known to be alive on Feb 25, 2000 was just 222.


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[> Friday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 21:26:22 02/07/03 Fri


MOONFLOWERS

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Colossians 3:12-17 (NRSV)

As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 6:8 (NRSV)

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LAST year one of our friends gave my husband and me moonflower seeds. The moonflower blooms only at night, so we have to come out at night with a flashlight or be very quick in the morning to see the beautiful, large white flowers that this plant produces. The plant grew to the top of our roof, and we were able to see the flowers several times. But we also wished they would stay open and show themselves during the light of day.

Some people and their wonderful deeds bloom like a moonflower plant. I have friends who take messages, food, or gifts to others and don't seem to want recognition for the beauty they bring into others' lives. One friend has a "gift closet" in which she puts lovely things to give to persons when they need a lift.
God calls us to humble service, smiling on those who don't care who gets the credit for the beauty or pleasure they bring to the lives of others.


Prayer: Giver of all good gifts, thank you for friends who bring
beauty and love in special acts of kindness. Help us to be open to serving you in small, loving ways each day. In Jesus' name. Amen.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
It is enough that God knows our acts of love.

-- Helen "Jane" Brown (Indiana, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: A special friend

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[> Friday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 21:33:30 02/07/03 Fri



The Connemara Pony


The Connemara Pony originates from Galway, on the western coast of Ireland, but is now bred in England and the US, as well as Australia. It is a descendant of the Celtic Pony, but Spanish blood was introduced in the 1500's by horses from the wrecked Armada. An interesting history and legend of the breed, by Maureen Loughman Abel, can be read at the American Connemara Pony Society's Web site. More recently the Connemara Society purchased two small thoroughbreds and a part-Arabian to improve the breed further.


The Connemara today is an all-round riding pony, which is extremely versatile and accomplished in many disciplines, such as eventing and dressage.
Connemaras range between 13 hands to 14.2 hands and are sturdily built, with an attractive pony head, good depth of girth and free-flowing action. They are very agile, with good feet and legs (a benefit of their heritage in the rough, craggy terrain of Galway). Their coat color can be dun, bay, black, brown or grey.


In addition to being accomplished athletes, Connemaras are perfect children's ponies, having a docile temperament. In fact, the English Connemara Pony Society made a donation of a pony named "Rambles" to the Riding for the Disabed, illustrating the breed's suitability for children.


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[> Saturday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 03:25:17 02/09/03 Sun



THE GRAND PRIZE

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Hebrews 10:35-39 (NRSV)

Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

For yet "in a very little while,
      the one who is coming will come and will not delay; but my righteous one will live by faith.
      My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back."
But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who have faith and so are saved.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

- Ephesians 2:8 (NRSV)

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FREQUENTLY I receive engaging correspondence in the mail announcing that I have reached the final stage in a particular contest. When I open the mail, the information indicates that further participation requires me to purchase a certain product. Usually I am not able to purchase it. This causes me to think, By not participating, I am losing the opportunity to win the grand prize. I am somewhat comforted that with so many contestants playing, my chances of winning are slim, at best.

The Bible speaks of another type of participation. It teaches that those who accept Jesus as Savior are participants in his infinite grace. Being a participant in his grace has immediate rewards for our lives -- forgiveness of sins, salvation. But the Lord also offers a final reward -- eternal life.

Unlike me with any day's mail offer, we all can participate freely in the kingdom of God. All we have to do to be full participants is to accept the grace which is in Christ Jesus. In him our place in the kingdom of God is secured.


Prayer: God, help us accept the grace of Christ. Thank you for
inviting us to participate in your kingdom of love and justice. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
By faith, each one of us can participate fully in God's kingdom.

-- Lucy Cortes de Nieves (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)

PRAYER FOCUS: That all may accept God's grace
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[> Saturday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 03:33:21 02/09/03 Sun


**** Whips And Spurs And All That Excitement, ****


As the horse moves along through his training, you go from showing him what you want to asking him for it and finally he knows what you want well enough that you can just tell him.

For example, when you're heeding a horse on the ground in an arena and you want him canter off on his left lead, you'll "skip"along keeping your left leg ahead of your right and you'll turn your shoulders so they create a feeling of "open" and "forward" in the direction you want him to go. In the beginning, since he doesn't yet understand what you're showing him, you'll probably extend your right arm out parallel to the wall and wiggle your whip to make a little fuss and create a little more activity in the horse. If he still doesn't get the feel of what you want, you might drop back a little further toward his hip or move in a little closer to him or whatever it takes for the light bulb to go on over that particular horse's head.

Once he understands what you are showing him, you can ask for the left lead canter and expect a more immediate response. You won't need quite so many pressures to create the feel in the horse of the shape that you want. When he's consistently giving you the left lead canter whenever you ask for it, now you can just tell him that's what you want with only the beginning of that little skip. That becomes enough to remind him of the full feel of the shape. It has become something like a signal but if the horse gets rusty, you can just go back to using a full corridor of pressures that ask for "canter" until he associates just one part of the corridor with the "canter" shape again.

There is going to come a time when you know the horse fully understands the shape you want and you tell him that's what you want but, for whatever his reasons that day, he decides not to listen to you. Then you have to enforce. You might also be starting to work the horse at the higher levels of his sport and now you want him to do what he's already doing but to do it with more energy or a little more precision. Then you have to enforce.

Enforcing means using your aids with greater emphasis. It means disciplining the horse in the spirit of the word "disciple". The teacher makes a point by calmly interrupting something that's going on or by stressing an aid as it is applied. Enforcement is not punishment. Punishing a horse is something riders do when they've made a mistake and they feel guilty and they want to make themselves feel better about it. It's like someone throwing a swear word into the conversation because they've run out of other vocabulary. It's an action that disrupts the communication between the horse and its rider and breaks up any corridor of aids they had going. The horse doesn't learn a thing except that the rider is being illogical.

Whatever you do to enforce should not raise the horse's excitement level. Enforcement should bring the horse's attention to a particular part of a corridor of pressures without losing the feel of the whole corridor. If you use one aid too "loudly", the horse's attention goes to that aid and he loses the feel of the corridor. For example, if your good ole boy horse ignores you when you first tell him to canter so you start right out the next time by telling him to canter with a touch of spur, you are being too "loud". But if you touch the horse with a spur at the end of a leg squeeze just as you feel the horse is choosing to ignore the leg, that's a horse logical enforcement.

Timing within the whole corridor of aids is critical in enforcement. Let's say you're coming up on a jump and you feel the horse just starting to ignore your leg pressure and lose his impulsion. You just maintain all the aids you're already using to create the corridor of pressures that lead up to the jump but you add a little tap with the crop to enforce them and prevent a refusal. If the horse refuses the jump and then you show him the jump and spank him with the crop, that's punishment. It's not going to enforce a thing.

Being ready to enforce the things you tell a trained horse to do might mean having the right level of physical fitness to properly apply the aids. Or it might mean adding a crop or whip to your corridor of aids to help amplify one part of the corridor. Some people get all hung up trying to classify things as "natural aids" versus "artificial aids." If it's physically a part of you like your hands or your seat or your legs then it's natural. If it's something you attach to yourself or your horse like a whip or a spur then it's artificial. And some people get into all sorts of moral dilemmas about whether or not it's OK to use one kind or the other.

When you're enforcing, it really doesn't make any difference whether you're doing it with a body part you grew yourself or something manufactured that you bought at the tack shop. The important thing is how you use it. Whips and spurs are no more abusive or exciting than your hands or your seat or your legs. You can use your hands or your legs in an abusive way and you can use a whip or spurs to convey the subtlest communication. It's all a matter of degree and timing and coordination of that individual aid within a whole corridor of aids that communicates a shape and a direction, and a rhythm and a lot of other things to the horse.

The key thing is that whatever you do to enforce what you've told the horse to do should not raise his excitement level. Enforcing with dramatic pressures creates activity and makes it look like something is happening. When you're using nuances, it doesn't look like much is going on. Good training is boring. If the people watching you don't feel like anything exciting is happening, then you're probably doing it right.


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