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“Just because something has always been done a certain way does not necessarily mean it’s the best way, or the correct way, or the healthiest way for your horse, or your relationship with your horse, or your life.”
― Joe Camp, The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd

“Often, in the early evening, when the stresses of the day are weighing heavy, I pack it in and head out to the pasture. I’ll sit on my favorite rock, or just stand, with my shoulders slumped, head down, and wait. It’s never long before I feel the magical tickle of whiskers against my neck, or the elixir of warm breath across my ear, a restoring rub against my cheek. I have spoken their language and they have responded. And my problems have vanished. This book is written for everyone who has never experienced this miracle.”
― Joe Camp, Why Relationship First Works - Why and How It Changes Everything

“Fear subsides when you believe that control has returned. Because all too often I would watch Kathleen do a splendid job of controlling her horse, only to find out later that she didn’t believe she was in control.”
― Joe Camp, BEGINNING GROUND WORK: Everything We’ve Learned about Relationship & Leadership

“Fear is recognition of loss of control, and it subsides when control returns,” he says.”
― Joe Camp, BEGINNING GROUND WORK: Everything We’ve Learned about Relationship & Leadership

“Often, in the early evening, when the stresses of the day are weighing heavy, I pack it in and head out to the pasture. I’ll sit on my favorite rock, or just stand, with my shoulders slumped, head down, and wait. It’s never long before I feel the magical tickle of whiskers against my neck, or the elixir of warm breath across my ear, a restoring rub against my cheek. I have spoken their language and they have responded. And my problems have vanished. This book is written for everyone who has never experienced this miracle. -  Joe Camp The Soul of a Horse Life Lessons from the Herd”
― Joe Camp, Why Relationship First Works - Why and How It Changes Everything

“Stand in the horse’s hooves. Study his history. Understand why he is the way he is, and why he acts the way he does. He’s a prey animal. You mean like a rabbit?? Pretty much, yeah. But he weighs eleven hundred pounds!! Yep.”
― Joe Camp, The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd