"Captivating!," Enchanting!," Incredible!" - are all being used to describe Lukas, a seventeen year old off-the-track rescued Thoroughbred owned and trained by Karen Murdock. Murdock's specialty is the ability to form an extraordinary connection with horses by using trick training and games designed to buid confidence, focus, willingness, performance and trust. Her success is evident with Lukas - he gladly performs passage, Spanish Walk, bow, curtsy, rear and Jambet all at liberty. Astonishingly, he also spells, counts, identifies shapes, discriminates colors and grasps the concepts of same/different, proportion and absentness.
Murdock has developed a progressive system based on kindness and shared enjoyment for the horse and trainer. The deep love, respect and appreciation Lukas and Murdock share is obvious to anyone that observes them. Through her consistent and patient re-training, they have developed a partnership that many have described as magical. For both the trainer and the horse, this approach becomes a bridge to establish and deepen a very special bond as they learn to respond to each other in a new and fun way. Play is the basis of Murdock's system - it provides a joyful medium that naturally leads to quicker learning and eager responses without the use of any force whatsoever. Their purpose being to share the happy results of kind training and to show how wonderful and smart animals are.
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