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Characteristics <strong>Problems</strong> Solutions<br />

Horse psychology<br />

� “Horses are born skeptics, cowards,<br />

claustrophobics <strong>and</strong> panicoholics”- Pat Parelli<br />

� Ultimate pray animals:<br />

� flight from fear <strong>and</strong> sense of self-preservation right<br />

on the surface<br />

� Social animals:<br />

� fear of confinement <strong>and</strong> isolation<br />

� Learning:<br />

� by association, mimicking, habituation <strong>and</strong><br />

persuasive methods<br />

� not by coercive methods <strong>and</strong> intimidation/force<br />

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