Focusing Unfocused And Buddy Sour Horses - So Simple A 9 Year Old Girl Can Do It.

by Marv Walker

Here's the synopsis of the story from the 9 year old's mother copied verbatim..."I was the desperate mother who wrote Mr. Walker concerning Breyanna my9 year old daughter and her paint horse Jewel 7. I was really at theend of my lead line of watching her be so good to this horse and himtreat her so bad. Not only at every horseshow would he make sure heembarrassed and humiliated her, he was becoming dangerous with hishabits. She also endured lots of the same frustrations at home. He haddecided that he was the leader. Breyanna was at the point of going froma horse crazy little girl, to being frightened by them. But like all ofus who become attached to something, she kept trying so she did not haveto sale him.""So, one night while surfing the internet trying to find others whoexperienced her problems, I came across Mr. Walkers web site. I was alittle skeptical, but he had so many interesting things on it, that itheld my interest. After reading alot of the information he had, Idiscovered he even lived in my area. I figured, what do I have to loseand e-mailed him. Within no time he had answered me right back. He evenasked that I call him, so we could discuss it further. After talkingwith him we sat up a date to go to his farm." "The day came, it was so cold and very windy. Jewel came off the trailerlike dynamite waiting to go off. I couldn't wait for Mr. Walker to takehim from me. After finally getting him to the round pen Mr. Walker lethim go. Then he turned all his attention to Breyanna. He very patientlyexplained what they..togather.. were going to go in that round pen anddo. He also told her that if at anytime that she or I did not feelcomfortable about her being in there, that she could leave. As he tookher in the round pen, Jewel was busy running, bucking and ignoring youas usual. Mr. Walker gave her the whip (which he calls an extension ofyour arm, not really a whip) to Breyanna and started explaining what hewanted her to do and why.""Jewel played the challenging game many times,but with Mr. Walkers instructions, he was put in his place. By the endof the session, Jewel was following Breyanna (instead of dragging her),he was focused on her (not on the other horses or especially as to wheremine was), at that point he actually understood where he belonged in theJewel/Breyanna hierarchy. But better yet Breyanna was smiling after asession with him, instead of crying. He followed her back to the trailerlike a puppy dog, not once paying attention to the horses running in thepasture on the way. ""After he was loaded, Mr. Walker went back over whatthey had done and told her what she should work on at home. He also,made a point to tell her and myself that if any problems occurred toplease call or write him. He even told Breyanna that to let him knowwhen, but that he would come to her first show." "Over the course of the next couple of months while waiting on that firstshow, Mr. Walker called and wrote several times checking up to see howit was going. Well the big day finally came. When we got to the show,Breyanna continued to do exactly what she had been doing with him sincethat day. About 15 minutes before her first class (halter), sure enoughhere comes Mr. Walker as promised. He had to drive close to an hour justto be there. She went in her class with confidence and he behaved likea gentleman.

50 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2011