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 think horses are beautiful creatures. But, I imagine they are hard to train and need a good horse trainer?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree, they're responsible for their physical needs in addition to teaching them behaviors and coaching them for events."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think it would be fun to be able to train a horse, if you have the skills. I wonder, does a horse training have to go to school for that, or is it learned from years of interactions with horses?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not really sure but I think it varies depending on what kind of training you'd be doing. Originally horses were trained for warfare and farmwork."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I would think having horses for farms years ago was a necessity, just as war. Now, they are mostly for recreation, in many cases."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They first started using horses for help with wars over 5,000 years ago. Could you imagine using a horse in a war today?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "No, it would be a disaster these days! I know horses were also the only means of travel years ago, can you imagine that now? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It'd probably be a lot safer, people can't drive these days lol They might as well hop on a feral horse and ride through town!"}]