whos your favorite natural horsemanship trainer and why?
February 7th, 2010
Kevin Wescott
I grew up near to his place, and always took my problem horses to him. He was always so patient to explain things and work through things with me and my horses. He learned from Tom Dorrance and really tries to understand the horse and deal with it in the best way possible.
He has some videos out, and they’re great. He does clinics occasionally, but isn’t one of those BIG NAME guys who are milking the money for all it’s worth. He’s in it for the horses only, and helping people understand them.
He is working on a question and answer column on my website, http://www.liverystable.net , and his advice will be posted soon.
Here’s an exerpt of an email he just sent me:
"Always remember to listen to the horse and not what I say on what and how to do things. The horse is always right and I have been known to be wrong. Also as I try to explain this on paper it will not always come across to the reader the way intended. These are also just a couple of things to try, hopefully without getting in too much trouble. If I was to be there with a particular horse I may do none of the things we talked about and I might do something I’ve never done before. Horses are after all, individuals, and we need to align ourselves according to once again, what they tell us. So the most important thing is to understand why the horse (has a problem), usually a humans fault either present or past. Once again listen to your horse. Please."
–Kevin Wescott
I like him because it’s never about him and his ego or need to prove he’s right–he always puts the horse first.
Here’s a link to an ad for his videos: http://www.liverystable.net/index/listings/page571.htm
Edit to Dapples (below): natural horsemanship is nothing new, and I don’t think we can actually credit it to Americans exclusively. Good horse training methods have been used for centuries, in many different parts of the world, but it is only recently that some trainers have really begun marketing these methods and starting fan clubs.
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