One of most important things one should do while training a horse is repetition. Whatever lesson you're teaching your horse it should be taught so thoroughly that it is a fixed habit on his brain. It becomes a fixed habit by repetition.

In this horse's case, she hadn't been taught that "whoa" means to stop. In fact, I'd bet she thinks "whoa" means to slow down. Lots of people tell their horse "whoa" when their horse is moving too fast and they want it to slow down. Before you know it, horse thinks "whoa" means to slow down a little.

Pretty soon, horse has been thoroughly taught that "whoa" means to slow down...not stop. Thus, repetition worked in this case but backfired. "Whoa" was repeated so many times to mean to slow down horse now believes "whoa" means slow down.

Thus, horse will have to be retrained to understand what whoa really means. It will take a lot of patience and thoroughness in training but it'll be well worth time.

The value of this significant piece of knowledge cannot be overstated. When you're out training your horse a lesson be sure to give it enough repetition that lesson becomes a habit for horse.

Jesse Beery, a famous horse trainer from late 1800's, overemphasized this crucial training tip. He preached teaching only one thing at a time and having that thing so thoroughly taught that habit is fixed upon horse's brain.

That's some of best training advice you will ever get.

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One day before, in Cumberland. Md., David DeWitt was sleeping when a fire broke out in his house. Rocky, DeWitt’s 110-pound Rottweiler jumped on him until he woke up. DeWitt credits his dog with saving his life.

All over world, dogs are saving people on a daily basis. There is nothing new about stories of dogs saving human’s lives. Indeed, event is so common that it generally goes unnoticed. The events above all made press within last month – and no doubt most similar stories go unreported. But these stories bring joy to dog lovers all over world. It reinforces unique nature of relationship between man and dogs. Nowhere else in entire animal world is such a clear case of genuine affection and concern demonstrated between members of different species. While people often overlook this unique bond shared between man and dog, dog lovers understand it instinctively.