Now that is a big question in the equine world , Train your self buy pile of vidoes, books , go to clinics, or find a trainer and how do you know if he or she is good or bad? I personally like the natural horseman methods. Long ago I saw the father of this natural training method Tom Darrant( I mite have spelled that incorrectly) He was in his 80s at the time and he instructed a young man with a difficult gelding how to start his horse to make a long story short by the end of the afternoon he was riding the gelding.. Now that's a great trainer ! My favorite is John Lyons he is the top of the line of natural trainers. I think he is the best I have ever seen and I have patterned my training after his methods , absolutely NO abuse, But persistence and persuasion... There are others that are Good if you can get past their ego's.. :}
Now I have seen lots horses advertised trained by the Amish , however the Blogs are full of negatives about the Amish trainers that they use old " Break Your Horse methods" like the old timers did .. I haven't experienced this my self but this concerns me as I have advertised for a trade of some of my horses for an Amish horse & Buggy outfit..Since I don't believe in any kind of harsh methods I will be very cautious concerning a trade...
If anyone has any feed back on the subject please leave your comments....
