In this case, my philosophy is driven by the fact that horses thrive on routines. They like to go out at the same time every day, they want to be fed at the same time, they want to be turned out in the same field, etc. So the more you can mask your training schedule under routine, the happier your horse will be. Puny Brains Ok, Ok, we all love our horses. But that doesn t obviate the fact that like Democrats, they have only a limited capacity to learn.
Horse can at best only learn something new five minutes a day.
So spend most of your rides reinforcing what they already know, and only then add something new. Verbatim Compliance is for idiots Your schedule, while well thought out, is just a plan, and like all plans, it needs to be changeable as conditions demand. The best way to identify these cases is to put yourself into your horse s mind. Its ok to not follow the schedule as long as you ve got a good reason for it. I doubt it.