You are not teaching the horse a trick. He/she/it air scents naturally as part of its self preservation. What you are trying to do is read the horse’s reaction to its environment. Unlike a dog which primarily relies on its nose a horse fuses all its senses to detect threats all the time, even when not guarding the herd. You should not need to re-enforce this behavior unless the horse has been so “desensitized” or “bombproofed” that he is a danger to himself or his rider by ignoring possible threats. You do not train a horse the way you train a K-9 because the dog needs training but the horse doesn’t. The rider needs training in how to track, what is a clue, certain organizational skills, and how to read the horse. And horses detect targets downwind as well as upwind, because they use all their senses. Irv Lichtenstein www.sepasar.net From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sharon Kenney |
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