Practical Horsemanship

When I am starting a young horse I try to keep it as simple as possible. Start with the basic ground work, hobbling, sacking out, etc. Once I have them saddled and they understand the bridle, it's off to work. No need to keep them in the round corral for more than five days. I find that the young horse learns through everyday work; hacking out, flat work, standing tied, etc. Once the horse is in to work and starts to develope thier work ethic I keep it practical in thier training.
I do get a lot of horses in that have been started on the ground through "Natural Horsemanship", and the owner complains of "rudeness" or "pushy". The horse tends to be very pushy, rude, mouthy, and the list goes on. The horse anticipates every move I would make on the ground. The owner would tell me that the horse is good because they have "no fear" because they can bounce a ball with them or walk over a teeter totter on the ground. The horse was started with games and treats, and no true understanding of consiquince. All the practicality was taking out of the training. The horse was not taught to tie, stand for the farrier, had no patince; could not do everyday things that most horses and riders would do at the barn or at the arena.
Keeping it practical in the young horses start they will begin to get broke with everday work. Tying the horse up for a bit before you work with them and after teaches patince, which a lot of trail horses and show horses will need when standing tied to a trailer. There will be times I will just sit one and make them stand in the arena while I give a lesson, which starts to teach them to get use to more going on around them. Once I feel they are ready I will use them to start other young horse on the ground. While riding them and sacking the other horse out I am getting both worked at one time. The horse I am riding is learning to work and listen to me and not focus on the other horse.
When working with the young horse either on the ground or under saddle, just make everday work part of thier training. Find new challenges for them to overcome on the trail or in the arena. Keep it practical!