Planning to try TRT - any advice about getting the most out of it?

[soloequestrian]

I haven't started yet - partly waiting until I have a week that's relatively quiet, partly dreading this not working either and feeling like I have even fewer options....
Sbythesea how did you find your trainer? Does she have a particular qualification or background?
Oddly mine is quite good at liberty - I did a lot with her when she was young, learning to stand still until I asked her to move etc. If she is concentrating on me she is great, the issue is that most of the time she's not.

 

[lynz88]

I have a similar issue - when mine is actually paying attention he's great but we have an issue with keeping attention (and sometime getting attention in the first place). My vet has even noticed his ability to focus on everything except what he's supposed to be doing

 

[Fieldlife]

I have the lifetime access and I wish I hadn’t wasted the money now especially as soon as you sign up you are invited to pay extra for various additional products and then more for things like the clinics and demos. I do like the way the course and lessons are split into small chunks and broken down. However it simply didn’t seem to work for my horse and I trawled through every video to find a similar case but couldn’t find anything. One of his major issues is pulling away which means that a lot of the groundwork content was unmanageable. Also keeping him out of my space was a big issue. Without an instructor giving real-time feedback I didn’t know if I was just doing it wrong.

I’ve recently done a 3-day course with a local trainer Tracey Duncan and the difference and progress has been amazing. I’m sure that it won’t be smooth sailing but my ability to engage him with me has absolutely changed. We actually started with liberty work where he didn’t have anything to pull against then progressed back to work on a rope. I had the confidence to walk him out for the first time for months this weekend.

I’m learning to read the horse I have and adapt my training rather than applying the same method regardless. He is super smart, high energy and playful and keeping him challenged and interested is key. We also did a lot of work on teaching him to relax by watching for signs e.g. yawning and praising them.

Having never done any liberty work I’m really enjoying it especially as he’s so responsive.

She’s localish to me and also recommended. On my list of people I’d like to do some training with.

 

[Sussexbythesea]

I haven't started yet - partly waiting until I have a week that's relatively quiet, partly dreading this not working either and feeling like I have even fewer options....
Sbythesea how did you find your trainer? Does she have a particular qualification or background?
Oddly mine is quite good at liberty - I did a lot with her when she was young, learning to stand still until I asked her to move etc. If she is concentrating on me she is great, the issue is that most of the time she's not.

A couple of friends know her and one in particular does a lot of training with her. She started out eventing up to CCI* then trained with Pat Parelli and then has gone her own way with her own of approach which she’s developed. She’s more about building connection.

She has a FB page And a website Taking Care of Training.