He suggests the sheep are like tiny lions because of their face shape.

“Do you know a think that they, just a face bit, sort of looks like a lion.”

Josh believes that applying natural horsemanship principles to animal training revealed that his own personal flaws were being reflected back to him in the animal's behavior.

“The biggest thing that I noticed was what Tai was saying was that you can't ask that mule to be something that you're not. And it it it really made sense to me after training slow trap that like if you know like when my a lot of my flaws would reflect in his behavior pretty much.”

Michael believes that an owner must demonstrate leadership when working with a mule, as the animal is constantly testing for dominance.

“an equin animal has one question to answer when you walk up to it. And it's the only language that it knows is who's in charge. It's it's like if if I had if if if the simplicity of my operating capacity as a human bas was just one thing like I would walk up to every person I met and I would go, who”

Misty asserts that trainers and educators must exhibit certainty and confidence, as those they lead or train will sense and reflect their underlying insecurity.

“The kids respond to the person who's who's >> certainty, confidence. >> Yeah. Confidence. Certainty. And and also just what you're putting on them. Like they don't your respect for them.”