QUOTES BY KURT ALBRECHT
on the psychological aspects of training the horse's mind
"The human will be well advised to aspire to a "fair strictness" in his behavior towards the horse. This is the fastest way for him to gain the horse's trust and the safest way to keep it.
(1983; translation: T. Ritter)
"The trust between human and horse is based on the same behavioral rules that regulate social life within the herd: Those who have obtained a higher rank in the herd assume at the same time the responsibility for the weaker members."
(1983; translation: T. Ritter)
"It will always have to be left up to the judgment of the "thinking rider" to determine the beginning and intensity of the tasks during the individual training periods in order to neither overface the horse and cause premature unsoundness, nor to waste valuable time."
Last Update: January 13, 2007