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Equestrians, locate a professional trainer in your area. For certifications or affiliations with well-known trainers such as John Lyons, Pat Parelli and others, check out individual listings. Note: You'll also find maps and tailored directions. For example:

Q: I'm looking for a Lyons trainer near Akron, OH.
A: Following the links (left column, most pages) to Ohio > Akron, will display a listing of trainers in your area. Mark and Michelle Corll, for instance, are two John Lyons Certified Trainers living nearby in the town of Canfield.

Q: I want to study or learn natural horsemanship techniques. What trainers near me in Reddick, Florida offer "natural horsemanship lessons"?
A: "Natural horsemanship" is a phrase often associated with famous trainer Pat Parelli, his trainers and instructors. For natural horsemanship training being offered locally, visit Florida > Reddick.

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Foal Training Explained: The First Two Years
Mare owners, if you'd like to get your colt or filly started out with a proper foundation, I would suggest the investment of $5.99 in my foal-training course.

- Download and print from your home computer
- 5 days, 5 chapters
- Learn at your own pace

An excerpt from "Your Foal: Essential Training for the Young Horse":

Once your foal is calm and accepting of the simple shower concept, add soap to your bucket, grab up your sponge and get to work. Know that everything is new to him, so when trying something for the first time, (the shampoo bottle, the sweat scraper, soap bubbles) always start from a point that experience shows "he's okay with." You'll want to use a shampoo designed for human babies so as not to sting his eyes, make him sour on the whole experience and force you to rethink this whole "having horses" thing. Avoid over-soaping the underside (inside) of his ears so as to avoid having to excessively rinse them later. When your colt is all sweet smelling, it's time to rinse him off and apply conditioner in the same way. (If you're following these directions with an older horse and you plan on riding him anytime soon, do yourself a favor and keep the conditioner away from the saddle area. Conditioner makes things slick and you'll likely spin right off your horse. Good for a laugh, sure, but dangerous.)

Finally, apply your sweat scraper. You might be tempted to figure "It's hot, I'll let him dry off naturally. He'll stay cooler longer." But, uh, wrong-o. That is not right. A layer of water will trap heat and actually make the horse hotter. Need proof? When you get hot and start sweating, what do you normally do, over and over, almost subconsciously? You wipe the sweat off your forehead or the back of your neck. You're programmed to do that because it makes you cooler to remove that sweat. Same goes for your colt. Always sweat scrape on hot days.

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Other available courses include:
Stop Bucking (reviews)
Round Pen: First Steps (reviews)
Rein In Your Horse's Speed (For Owners of Nervous or Bolting Horses) (reviews)
Trailer Training (read the reviews)