Feel the whole Horse: When I observe people and horses, it often seems to me that when the horse is trying to avoid something, or maybe is not doing what the rider asks of him, it is because the horse’s sense of self preservation is immediately taking effect. This may seem as though the horse does not want to cooperate. But the rider needs to recognize the whole horse; the horse has basic need for self preservation.
Tom Dorrance
At each stage of work the horse must be taken to his limit, but never over the limit.
Walter Zettl
Brutality begins where skill ends.
Egon von Neindorff
Calm, forward, straight.
Alexis L´Hotte
Once the horse gets to responding, then you try to get the response you are asking for with less. You try to cut down what you are applying and get more response with less pressure, until it almost gets to be just a thought.
Tom Dorrance
Make the wrong thing difficult, and the right thing easy.
Ray Hunt
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Amelia Earhart
In working with people and trying to help them with something, I find it isn’t easy for me to get them to work in the area where it seems they need to work. They keep trying to work at the end result.
Tom Dorrance
Recognize the smallest change, the slightest try.
Ray Hunt
It’s really amazing what a horse will do for you if he understands what you want. And it’s also quite amazing what he’ll do to you if he doesn’t.
Bill Dorrance
