To punish a horse that is frightened or simply does not understand what you want of him is worse than stupid. To let him bluff you, ignore your simple request or roll over you, defeats the purpose and will result in catastrophe. Conversely, there will be times when you set him up to fail to simply afford you the opportunity to correct him gently at a lower level of a potentially lethal reaction. Kicking is a good example. Reproduction of this site in whole or part without permission is prohibited.
Horses are unpredictable.
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