First meeting with Arthur -
We found a connection almost instantaneously. Here I go for a journey and he willingly follows me on our small adventure.
If he does not follow, again we must not feel upset by this, but rethink and reask what we intended and try to understand why he did not respond how we would have liked. Eventually you will both come to such a deeper level of understanding, your intentions will become clear in his mind and his in yours, it will be as a second nature to you, to him this is normal communication. We will learn how he responds to the way we apply our asks and intentions and learn to shape ourselves from the way he responds to them.
If he does not follow, again we must not feelWhen we feel that connection, these things will flow easily. In order for him to come with us, he must want to stay with us, and in order for him to stay he must want to be with us.
We can only achieve these three most important aspects of our relationship with our horses if we base our relationship on his understandings. If we take the time to do this, everything we achieve with our horses will be achieved on the bases of freedom, choice, allowance and will power.