NOW time frames. As in your own. Keep doing the same type of work with your horse and getting results that you think are a bit of give on the part of your horse and not saying to yourself, "What would I have to do and how long would I have to do it to get my horse to understand that that just isn't enough anymore?"

Honestly, it will boil down to the person. Does the person have enough stick-to-it-ivness to see it through and ask for it in a certain way NOW. The response doesn't need to be good the first time or even the fifth time. Of course, horse will protest the new manner. But, if you don't stick with it, ya got nothing.

10 years of having horse get his way or 2-7 hours of the two of you learning that you can have things your way, too. Enjoy! Get the struggle over (between you and yourself and you and horse) if you're always 'non-confrontational' with horse...you've already lost.