LRTC Wild Horse Mentors'
WILD HORSE WORKSHOP 2005
Part Eight
Willis Lamm
Who are you?
Willis, who is the founder and President of LRTC, considers himself a student of horse behavior and enjoys working with difficult horses, especially those whom others have given up on. His emphasis is on techniques that the average adopter can master safely. His mainstay with wild horses is his "Quiet Hour" approach where for the first hour, the handler remains low key and lets the horse explore and understand the human in his pen.
"Are we zombies yet?"
The idea behind the "Quiet Hour" is to spark curiosity, not flight. If in the horse's mind he is not about to be pursued by the human, he can start to constructively interact in his new environment.

He also believes that the workshops should be fun. Most of the crew likes to inject a bit of humor into the program.

Visit Willis' website at www.kbrhorse.net.

Focusing a scattered horse
Morning briefing
Getting to know you
Hungry before the meal break
Lunch break with a wild one
"Then the cougar grabs the horse..."
"Try some, Robert."

Diane Delano

Diane gentles and trains horses in Florida. She started out as a participant and has worked her way up to being a qualified and effective clinician in the program. Diane is a hard worker who can be counted on when a job needs to get done.
At work in the pens
Lunch break!
Diane was training in a location where good photos were difficult. If anyone has good photos of Diane, please Contact Us!

Motivating Wild Horses
 One of the secrets to gentling and training a wild horse is to avoid triggering the horse's flight or fight response. Low resistance approaches and positive motivators have proved to be the most efficient and humane approaches to wild horse gentling.

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