LRTC Wild Horse Mentors'
WILD HORSE WORKSHOP '99
Part 6

Frank Bell

Frank Bell hails from Larkspur, CO, and is a nationally known clinician. His enthusiasm for handling horses is probably only second to his enthusiasm for learning. At the workshops he's like a mad scientist in a research and development lab, constantly interacting with the other clinicians and working his magic on the horses.

Frank's approach is to get positive control of the horse's emotions through touch and handling, from which the rest of the results will flow.

Frank uses virtually all of the methods employed by the various workshop clinicians, depending on the needs of each horse.

Desensitizing an ear shy horse
(Note the ear loops
formed by the lead rope)
Working with Rob Pliskin
Frank Bell with Charles Boydstun's
"Aces Wild," gentling in a "squeeze"
fashioned out of an extra pipe panel



Environmental Issues
Water is often scarce where wild horses range. Their population can't be allowed to exceed the water supply as this limited resource is crucial to other species and sensitive riparian areas can be damaged during horses' desperate searches for water.

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