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": "assistant", "content": "Do you know anyone who does horse training? That's where someone teaches a horse to do certain behaviors."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't but my neighbor has horses and let's us ride if we ever feel like it."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's really cool. Perhaps you can take up training them. They're useful for warfare, farm work, transportation, and sport."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I saw some girls use horses for transportation once, they went through a burger king drive through. Texas for you lol"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I live in Texas and that doesn't surprise me! Haha most people just do horse training recreationally or for sport these days."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I guess that leaves me as an odd man out, I am scared of injuries however, although I love animals"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I can understand that. Horses are very powerful creatures. Horse training in general is pretty controversial, depending on the methods of training."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah I understand how it can be, especially with racing. They treat them horribly I don't support that practice at all."}]