AboutRick Gore (www.thinklikeahorse.org) Expertise Visit Rick Gore's Horse Site: www.thinklikeahorse.org --I am a student of the horse. I can answer questions about sacking out (Desensitizing vs. Sensitizing), dealing with spooky, abused or ex-race horses, rearing, bucking, horses that won’t tie or load into a trailer, working in a round pen/round corral, starting colts, dealing with aggressive or so called "mean" horses, herd behavior, biting, kicking, horses that won’t let you mess with their feet or head, horses that are hard to take a bit and hard to catch. I can also answer questions about using a bosal or hackamore, do's and don'ts, soft hands and direct reining verses neck reining. If you expect me to tell you feel good advice, you will be disappointed. 95% of all my answers will include the problem is you and not your horse. About 90% of most answers that I give out are on my web site, so if you read it you will probably answer your own question and may learn a few other things. I am like Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen) and Simon Cowell (Idol), you may not like what I say or how I say it, but it will be pretty true and accurate, in my opinion, judging from my experience.
Experience I am an experienced horseman with many years of riding and handling horses. I grew up in Texas around horses and horse people. I have started colts, ridden many horses with behavior issues and worked with problem horses. (I believe that most horse problems are normally people problems) I believe in and practices natural horsemanship. I continue to read and study books by great horsemen. I routinely attends clinics, talks with and discuss horse issues with other clinicians and trainers. I have never met a horse that could not be fixed. I believe it is never the horse's fault and with proper handling, all problems can be worked out.
Education/Credentials Rick has life long experience in being around and working with horses. Over the years he has watched good horsemen do the right thing and seen the wrong things done with bad results. Rick has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
Question I have a registered mustang that is around 8 years old. She had many owners previous of me and many of them did not take the time to train her right and misused them. she has them been labled as un touchable, but i do not believe in a horse that is "devious" as they have called her. she has a wild spirit. i have been working with her for 6 years with almost as much progress as i had on the first day. i have never let her even remotely NEAR a whip and i never thought of hitting her at all. i have tryed every method i know of, but she is just so wild. i do not believe it is her fault, i just want to know if somebody can help me find out what i can do RIGHT. Can you help me with my wild baby?
Answer This is not a horse problem. You have trained this horse for six years to do what it does. I don't think you can fix this since you still see this as a horse issue, it is a you issue.
You don't understand herd behavior and how horses communicate in the wild that is why this horse will not trust you or let you teach it. The horse is teaching you.
Unless you change what you are doing, the horse will NOT change what it is doing.
Read my web site, start to finish, it will help you understand horses better and see them differently.
