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 had a good friend who was really into horses and horse training, but I dont personally know anything about it, do you?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes I know quite a bit about horses. They are trained for a variety of different things such as everyday care, and horse racing. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes! Also like they are trained to go over jumps and stuff too!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes today horses and usually trained towards sporting pursuits but historically it was much different. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Right, as in they were used for transportation back in the old days? Like pulling wagons?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes that was one thing, they used to be used for transport, doing farm work and they were heavily used in warfare. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "warfare??? I know people rode them but what else did they do in warfare? I hope they didnt get hurt by people"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "When horses were trained for warfare some horses even contributed in the fighting. One example are armored horses that would trample the enemy. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh my, that sounds awful. I would not want to be one of those soldiers!!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Horses were first used in battle over 5000 years ago and they were doing it for thousands of years."}]