Katie Hines
10/1/2012
Block 4
Persuasive Paper
Dear Julie,
Before I say anything, just know that I very much respect your opinion and the care you provide for your mares; in no way do I intend to offend you through this letter. I know that Chris, the man you have hired to train Shady and April, is inexpensive, however is the difference between thirty five and forty five dollars too much for the sake of the horses? Chris’s methods are abusive and horrific to witness, but perhaps unknown to him, there is a completely opposite style of training that builds rather than breaking. Natural Horsemanship is not only communication with your horse in a way they understand, making them much happier and more willing, but also works much better than traditional, scarring methods. Chris does not communicate with the horses; he does not have a partnership with them, he has a turmoil of hatred and fear-which is not respect.
Chris has time and time again proved that he should not be near a horse, let alone train one. He has no clue what he is doing, and his torturous “training aids” make the horses do things rather than them because they know what the rider wants and they want to please them. A few weeks ago, I saw something truly despicable. He was working with Chance, your friend’s three year old gelding. Frustration was pouring out of them both as if it were sweat as Chris tried to force Chance over a much-too-tall for him, solid fence. Disgusted, I witnessed Chris repeatedly whip the poor horse and punishing him for something he should not even been doing. Chance is only three years old. His joints and muscles have not fully developed yet, therefore he should not have been jumping fences of that height. But doesn’t Chris know everything? Is he not the “great I am”? No. I have forgotten more than he knows, and I am only a teenager. Chris knows nothing about training horses except the sick, twisted old ways.
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