Bob Trussell

                                                    HORSE TRAINING

                                                    WITH

                               BOB  TRUSSELL

INITIAL STARTING, RE-TRAINING OR PROBLEM SOLVING, THE GOAL IS ALL THE SAME. TO ESTABLISH A KIND, CONFIDENT, WILLING AND RESISTENCE FREE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HORSE AND RIDER. EDUCATION WITH LOW STRESS TECHNIQUES AND WORKING WITH THE HORSE IS MY WAY FORWARD.I WILL ESTABLISH GOOD GROUND MANNERS AND THE HORSE WILL BE EXPOSED TO PULLING A LOG, HAVING A ROPE THROWN OFF HIM, HE WILL BE CONFIDENT BEING RIDDEN IN AND OUT OF THE ARENA AT ALL 3 PACES. HE WILL HAVE SEEN A FEW NATURAL HAZARDS, WATER, A BRIDGE, OTHER LIVESTOCK, SOME TRAFFIC ETC. IN THE TIME ALLOWED HE WILL BE EXPOSED TO AS MUCH AS HIS CAPACITY ALLOWS, NO FORCING, A SOLID LASTING FOUNDATION IS THE AIM, WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR YOUR HORSE'S FUTURE, ALL ENGLISH & WESTERN EVENTS, NO MATTER WHAT IT'S BREEDING OR BACKGROUND.ABOUT 90 DAYS WOULD BE THE TIME REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH ALL OF THIS, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REQUIRE ONLY THE VERY BASICS THEN HALF THAT TIME SHOULD SUFFICE.

REMEMBER, UNLIKE YOU CAR, HORSES APPRECIATE WITH MILES ON THEM !!

OH, I ALSO TRAIN PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME RESULTS.

LOCATION; WELSH MARCHES, HEREFORD/WORCESTER BORDERS. 

THE VAQUERO TRADITION;

THE TRADITION OF THE SPANISH VAQUERO HORSEMANSHIP ORIGINATED IN EUROPE, WHEN THE SPANISH FIRST SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA, THEY TOOK WITH THEM HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF HORSE HANDLING EXPERIENCE, HONED IN CLASSICAL DRESSAGE AND THE BATTLEFIELD, INDEED MY OWN ANCESTORS WERE PART OF THE FIGHTING FORCE OF "COER de LION" [RICHARD THE LIONHEART] AS PART OF THE NORMAN INVASION AND LATER FIGHTING IN SUCH BATTLES AS "THE BATTLE OF EVESHAM". CONDITIONS IN THE NEW WORLD WERE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT AND THEIR METHODS ADAPTED TO SUIT. WHILE TRAINING OUR HORSES WE STRIVE TO MAINTAIN THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THESE GREAT HORSEMEN. REGARDLESS OF BREED OR TASK, THESE TIME TESTED TECHNIQUES PRODUCE HAPPY, WILLING HORSES AND THIS IS ACHIEVED WITH MEANINGFUL GROUNDWORK, EXERCISES AND PATIENCE. THIS METHODICAL APPROACH IS USED IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF GOOD SOUND STOCKMANSHIP AND TO TRAIN HORSES WITHOUT FEAR OR STRESS. OUR AIM IS TO ACHIEVE THE HORSE OWNERS GOALS FROM SHOWING TO PLEASURE RIDING OR A SPECIFIC JOB OF WORK BY USING THIS TRADITIONAL ART OF HORSEMANSHIP.