 While it's true that humans and equines are very different species, parents will quickly realize that training horses is a lot like raising kids. Trainer Clinton Anderson explains. Horses and children are so much the same it's incredible because children will test you. A lot of them know what right and wrong is but they will always try and test that wrong avenue if they get a chance. They have abundance of energy but if you don't channel that energy in the right direction they start getting in trouble. Horses are exactly the same. If you don't give them something to do I guarantee they're going to give you something to do.