Quotes from Joe Camp

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.

Fear is recognition of loss of control, and it subsides when control returns," he says.

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.

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.