| If you have a passion to learn all you can about | | | | circumstance. This lesson, according to Beery, is |
| horse training, then you will want to know about a | | | | THE MOST important one of all. |
| 108 year old horse training manual recently | | | | Beery also describes in his book how to cure |
| revived from a dusty old book shelf of a used | | | | different vices a horse may have. For instance, if |
| book store. | | | | a horse is a confirmed biter and has been for a |
| This horse training manual was written in the late | | | | long time, Beery gives clear instruction on how to |
| 1800's by a then world famous horse trainer | | | | stop it for good. |
| named Jesse Beery. | | | | Even better is the instruction Beery offers for |
| In Beery's manual he explains the different steps | | | | horses that jump fences. In the book, you see a |
| it takes to train a horse to be gentle, safe, | | | | picture of a simple apparatus put on a horse to |
| reliable, and valuable. | | | | keep him from jumping. Beery says "When this |
| Although this is a very basic example, Beery | | | | simple appliance is on your horse, he can lie down |
| describes the number one abuse of a command | | | | and get up, eat, or do anything but run fast or |
| given to horses by their riders. The command is | | | | jump. This is the best, most reliable, and safest |
| "whoa". The reason this command is so abused is | | | | remedy that has ever been devised for fence |
| because the rider will often say "whoa" while riding | | | | jumpers." |
| when they want the horse to slow down. | | | | Unfortunately, this book is rare enough that few |
| Very quickly, the horse associates the word | | | | copies exist. The copies that exist are not always |
| "whoa" with slowing down instead of stopping. | | | | readable due to fading and age. Thus, good copies |
| Soon, the frustrated horse owner wonders why | | | | are very pricey. |
| his horse won't stop when he says "whoa". | | | | American horse trainer Andy Curry discovered a |
| Beery reminds the reader to say "whoa" ONLY | | | | legible copy from a used book store on a dusty |
| when you want the horse to stop. Pick a | | | | shelf. Curry was able to make copies available to |
| different command for the horse to slow down. | | | | horse owners who want to learn about Beery's |
| Furthermore, Beery explains with great detail how | | | | methods. |
| to teach a horse to stop - even under any | | | | |