Tense situations.......

There are a lot of people that I have talked to and from "past experiences" that have inspired me to be different and to never become like that EVER! When you have a difficult horse that has a hard time understanding what you want the last thing that you want to do is slap the horse on the behind, be rough, and to desteam the situation try taking the time to listen to what your horse is telling you that way you know if something is bothering them. When your horse isn't doing something that you want it to or have in your mindset that you want to do, the last thing you want to do is "loose your temper" with the horse. The horse will "shut down" and not want to listen and in turn "walk away from the situation". A lot of people also play the tug-of-war game with their horses and fight and struggle with them. Also, a lot of horse people make themselves tough and then in turn empart some of that furious rage on the horses. (Which is a big-no-no) You can tell when your horse starts to get nervous and starts to become scared and worried. If you have ever heard someone say you can see the whites of the horses eye, well then this is what they mean. The horse is nervous scared or on the verge on not wanting to be with you.