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On ‘the map is not the territory’, even though riders and trainers the world over act as if it is - and go so far as to ‘eat the menu’!
If a rider, vet, physio, saddler and farrier were all looking at a tricky horse, each would see a different problem within their area of expertise. We all see what we are looking for, informed by the ‘maps’ or internal representations that we have developed over years, and we tend to think that the problem we perceive is the one and only problem - complete with our tailor-made one and only solution. The zero, first and second toolkits are different approaches to riding and training that do not negate each other, but are simply different maps. But few exponents of these different maps perceive that their map might not be the only map.
By Mary Wanless BHSI BSc4.9
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On ‘the map is not the territory’, even though riders and trainers the world over act as if it is - and go so far as to ‘eat the menu’!
If a rider, vet, physio, saddler and farrier were all looking at a tricky horse, each would see a different problem within their area of expertise. We all see what we are looking for, informed by the ‘maps’ or internal representations that we have developed over years, and we tend to think that the problem we perceive is the one and only problem - complete with our tailor-made one and only solution. The zero, first and second toolkits are different approaches to riding and training that do not negate each other, but are simply different maps. But few exponents of these different maps perceive that their map might not be the only map.

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