Natural Horsemanship

We are not sure who first coined the phrase "Natural Horsemanship" but the term is used to refer to trainers who espouse a gentler approach to training horses. It seems most of them can trace their training back to one of the Dorrance brothers (Tom or Bill). The Dorrance brothers read and thought highly of Baucher, so in our thinking these guys are French Classical Dressage cousins a few times removed!

Whether you share our opinion or not, it is undeniable that the popularization of these methods have made the world a better place for horses by educating their owners. These are the handful of books we particularly like but there are lots more out there.

John Lyons “Lyons on Horses”
Leslie Desmond and Bill Dorrance “True Horsemanship Through Feel”
Mark Rashid “Horses Never Lie” / “Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse”
Tom Dorrance "True Unity"
Tom Moates “A Horse’s Thought, A Journey Into Honest Horsemanship”