Horses, without a doubt, live in the moment – you should learn to do the same!  Horses can make a decision before you can blink an eye.  Horses are wonderful animals but they can also be dangerous animals.

On the best of days with your horse – in your everyday routine and surroundings with your horse feeling very positive and/or relaxed…something could still go wrong quickly.  The odds of something going wrong is very minimal but there is still a slight risk.  Every time anyone is with a horse there is always a risk.

So imagine how much greater the risk becomes in your normal routine (as described above) when your horse’s normally relaxed feelings have changed to anxiety – for whatever reason – and you choose to not pay attention to the change and go about your normal routine.  Now the odds, of something going wrong, has just risen to a great degree.

At any time your horse’s relaxed feelings change to feelings of anxiety…at that moment you would need to help your horse get back to a positive and/or relaxed feeling before you choose to move on with anything.  When your horse is feeling this way…nothing might appear normal to him in your daily routine in your normal environment.  This is what usually catches people with their guard down because everything is normal to the person.

Remember when your horse’s anxiety level is elevated…nothing is normal to him at that moment and moments following until you help change is mental way of thinking back to a positive and/or relaxed way of feeling.