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Bought their first horse six months ago and has read too many books that contradict each other.
You have the saddle, the trailer, the round pen — and a folder of notes you can't reconcile.
Naturally Trained · Berthoud, Colorado
Trust-based horsemanship,
taught by the horse.
We teach riders to train their own horses through clear communication, timing, and trust — not gadgets, gimmicks, or dominance. The partnership your horse has been waiting for already lives in the two of you. We'll help you find it.
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Who this is for
This was written for the rider who…
Six lived experiences. If one of these is yours, you're in the right place — we've written the rest of this page with you in mind.
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Came back to riding after a bad fall and wants a horse they can trust at their shoulder again.
Your body is ready. Your nervous system still asks questions every time the herd moves.
03
Inherited a horse with baggage and was told, "you'll have to send him to a trainer."
You'd rather learn the language yourself than hand the relationship off to a stranger for 60 days.
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Has been riding for years but feels like they're "getting away with it" instead of really understanding.
You can sit the training. You've never been taught the why under the cue.
05
Rescued a horse and wants to give them a real fresh start — without repeating someone else's mistakes.
You know the previous handling wrote something on them. You want your handwriting to be different.
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Runs a small operation and trains client horses — but wants a method they can explain with a clear conscience.
You're done apologizing for techniques you were taught but never quite believed in.
You've read the books. Watched the videos. Bought the rope halter.
And your horse still isn't soft.
You don't have an information problem. You have a contradiction problem. One clinician says go forward. The next says soften first. The feed-store conversation says "make him do it." The internet says "release and he'll find it." You try something, get a result you can't repeat, and quietly wonder whether something is wrong with your horse — or with you.
Nothing is wrong with you. What's wrong is the diet of mixed advice you've been handed, most of it built on the assumption that the horse is the problem to be solved. We've taught that way. We don't anymore.
The Naturally Trained Method is what replaced all of it — one sequence of four principles, applied in the same order every time, so you finally have something you can predict and trust.
Read the four principles →The horse already knows how to learn. Our job is to stop getting in the way.
The Naturally Trained Method
Four principles. In this order. Every time.
One learnable sequence. Once it lives in your hands, you stop collecting techniques and start reading the horse in front of you.
01
Communication
What it is: a single, consistent cue the horse can hear, see, and feel the same way every time you offer it.
What changes: the horse stops guessing. He knows what you've asked before he tries an answer.
02
Timing
What it is: releasing pressure within three seconds of the try that moves you closer to the answer.
What changes: the horse stops bracing for what's coming next. His try gets faster because he trusts the answer.
03
Pressure-and-Release
What it is: motivating without forcing — using the removal of pressure as the reward the horse learns to seek.
What changes: you stop needing to escalate. The release does the teaching, not your volume.
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Trust
What it is: the byproduct of the first three, repeated often enough that the horse stops preparing for a fight.
What changes: a willing, soft, confident partnership you can actually feel at the end of the lead rope.
By the numbers
A method that has been tested by 9,400 riders across 41 countries.
9,400+
Graduates trained since 2014
41
Countries represented in our community
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Across 3,217 verified course reviews
IAABC
Certified for low-stress handling (membership #L-44081)