My Philosophy on training

If  you have ever watched a baby animal it knows exactly who and what it is from the day it is born. The only time that individual seems to have trouble in their life is when humans enter their lives. Think about it. Does a wild horse ever have problems taking the wrong lead? Do cattle left out on the range ever have an issue with saddles,  or pulling a buggy? No!

What happens when people enter the lives of animals is we try to change their natural behavior. We demand that they speak our language while never understanding they already have a language of their own. We ask they come over to our side, often at a very young age, but we never think of compromise or going over to their side.

What my Program Learning to Learn© Is all about, is for us as humans to learn to teach our animals our language, and learn some of theirs as well. We as the human animal, learn how to learn in a way that we can communicate across species.

We don't realize that language is not just the spoken word. It is body language, actions, tone of voice, and even thought. This language is personal and unique to each individual human. This is why you may communicate better with some people than you do others. They either do, or do not understand your "language". Much of this language is subconscious. We don't even know we are doing it. Yet it is ours and ours alone.

You may find that some people you think are very dominant are just bluffing. They really are passive, yet self protective. You may also learn people you thought were passive, are not. Its all in our language and how we present this personal language to the world. Animals like humans also have a language. Horses, cattle, dogs as well as humans have a base language. One that we all know. Then to make things more complicated we have our individual twists on that language. This is why when you train one animal, you may find that when working with another the same technique doesn't work quite as well. You have to chance what you are doing to reach the same goals.

 One thing we all have in common is play. Everything on this earth plays, more so as children, but even as adults. Through play we learn. As adults we are creative and learn while "playing" with what we love. Play may be different for different people, however it is universal in the learning process. It is with play that we also learn how to understand each other, how we react, what makes us respond and excited about things. This is how we Learn to Learn©.

A good trainer is not a teacher, but a student. Once you have learned to learn from others, then you can relay this knowledge; however that is not all there is to being a teacher. You must learn how to relay the knowledge. You have to learn to communicate in a way your student will understand it, with out frustration and will a great willingness to continue. If you are working with an animal that all of a sudden one day runs and doesn't want to be caught or comes when you call it, you have failed to be a teacher that excites your student. Your animal should always be excited to see you. Not the grain bucket, but you. This is a good way to know how well you are doing as a teacher. Your student looks forward to you, and his/her next lesson.

Come visit me and start enjoying the interaction of your animals, and other people in your life.

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