sflj schreef:En je moet het in de juiste perceptie zien; hij werkt sowieso niet met de makkelijkste paarden en de paarden die hij op de filmpjes laat zien en dus 'bijzondere' aandacht krijgen, krijgen dat niet zomaar. Ik denk dat je met liefkozen enz daar niet veel bereikt. Die paarden hebben geen enkel respect voor mensen, dát is juist de reden dat hij het doet! En wáárom doet hij dat? Omdat ze anders naar het slachthuis gaan en dat doet hem pijn. Dus hoezo 'geen respect?'
Hier, een bericht uit 2005, toen Paul kennelijk nog maar net 'the tap' had 'uitgevonden'. Let wel, het is een methode die dus nog maar 3 jaar gebruikt wordt en er is nooit onderzocht of er negatieve schadelijke gevolgen aan zitten... en lees even het leuke, volgende berichtje over zijn gebruik ervan:
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Hi,
Recently I found this new way of controling horses called "The Endorphin Tap" and was looking for a challenge to see how powerful this technique was, so I went to a breeding farm close to were I worked and asked them could I ride one of their un-broken yearlings.
The breeder thought I was joking until I pulled a saddle and bridle out of my car. He said "we don't have a lunge or any breaking facilities" I said that's why I choose you..
After explaining why and what I wanted to do he agreed and took me to a yearling standing in a 2-3 acre paddock. I took my gear and went to the middle of the paddock and the horse came over to investigate.
I put my bridle on and applied the "Half-tap" get to take the edge of the horse to get the rest of the gear on with as little hassle as possible...
Once the gear was on, I released the "Tap" and let the endorphins wear off..I then stood to the side of the horse and gave a little tug on the lead for it to take the first step with the saddle on.
Well, as you can expect there was a short fireworks display while the horse tried it's best to get out of the gear. The Breeder and his staff that were watching looked at each other and said "You are not serious getting on that horse are you ? " I looked back at them and smiled and one of they went " Oh **** " he is....
I gathered up the horse, took the lead off and turned on the "Full-tap".
As expected the horse lowered it's front legs down and then the rear followed leaving the horse sitting down in the middle of the paddock.
I give the horse a pat,let it back up and do it again just to make sure "The Endorphin Tap" was working..
I got on the horse knowing it didn't have the energy in it's legs to anything but stand there until the endorphins wore off again..
I then shifted my weight around a little to get the horse use to it and gave a little kick for the horse to move forward but in small circles, then as the horse became more and more relaxed the circle got bigger and bigger until eventually we were following the fence around the paddock. After a few laps each-way, I got took the horse back to the middle of the paddock, jumped off and took the gear off and went back to the fence where the breeder was waiting..
He pulled out a 10,000yen ($100) note and tried to give it to me, of corse I didn't take the money, (1) it was an un-pronounced visit which wasn't about money, (2) to me trying this technique on an un-broken horse to me was worth way, way more then $100...
Klinkt niet echt als een laatste-optie-voor-het-slachthuis-paard he? Of een respectloos paard? Of een paard dat gevaarlijk is tegen mensen?
Nee, het is een jaarling die meneer even een keertje berijdt/'in'rijdt op deze manier.
@Luckystory: Ik denk dat het de zuurstoftoevoer was, maar weet het ook niet helemaal zeker meer..