A person can never rely on a horse that was trained by fear. There will always be something he fears more than people. But, when he trusts the trainer, he will ask his trainer what to do when he is afraid (Pluvinel). A trainer needs to train a horse from the very beginning to trust its owner and understand who to follow and listen to. Otherwise, the horse may try to take control and become overpowering. A horse’s training affects its mental and physical well being because it causes or prevents future bone problems and triggers permanent trust and relationship difficulties. In the beginning, trainers taught horses to travel, fight in wars, pull chariots, and show wealth. Horse training began in 3500 BCE, when horses, mainly used to show strength and wealth in battle, slowly became more popular. The Greeks, when they began domesticating horses, rode horses for pleasure only. Around 1300 BC, the Mycenaeans used chariots to go into battle. During the middle ages, Individuals became knighted and mounted horses when going into battle. In ancient Europe, …show more content…
They would saddle the horse, jump on, and force the horse to work itself down to the point of exhaustion and cannot fight anymore (CowgirlDiary, 2013, par. 4). The Plains Indians used to run their horses into a deep stream or up a steep grade in order to wear them out before training. A cowboy favorite involved blindfolding a horse with a jacket before getting on, and then “pulling the blind” just as he hit the saddle. Cowboys also tied a bronco to a tree for a few hours without food or water before saddling him or they tied a horse down until the cowboys could get him saddled, then one man would jump into the saddle as other cowboys would set the horse loose. One old cowboy said it best: “The trick to breaking horses is, after you get bucked off, keep gettin’ back on ’til the horse gets bored” (Trimble, 2003, par.