i train horses for a living.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when asked to do so by humans. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities from horse racing to therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities. Historically, horses were trained for warfare, farm work, sport and transport. Today, most horse training is geared toward making horses useful for a variety of recreational and sporting equestrian pursuits. Horses are also trained for specialized jobs from movie stunt work to police and crowd control activities, circus entertainment, and equine-assisted psychotherapy. There is tremendous controversy over various methods of horse training and even some of the words used to describe these methods. Some techniques are considered cruel, other methods are considered gentler and more humane. However, it is beyond the scope of this article to go into the details of various training methodology, so general, basic principles are described below. The \"see also\" section of this article provides links to more specific information about various schools and techniques of horse training. The range of training techniques and training goals is large, but basic animal training concepts apply to all forms of horse training.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have always enjoyed horses and would like to train one.  Do you have any experience?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I do! What are you looking to train your horse to do? Horses are usually trained to do something specific, like movie stunts, police work, or just general riding."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I want a horse that can jump well!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Horses can definitely do this! It's important to make sure that you're gentle with the horse when training it, making sure not to use techniques that may be considered cruel to the horse."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Understood.  What is the best kind of horse to train?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Any type of domesticated horse can be taught to jump There are feral horses that live in the wild that would be much more difficult to train."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting!  I didn't know there were still any wild horses!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yep! All horses were wild until humans started domesticating them around 4000 BC."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow!  Are horses found all over the world?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yup, they're found all over the world, there are even horses native to Mongolia."}, {"role": "user", "content": "5"}]