John Chatterton Ten Commandments

JC Book cover John has spent the past 35 years working in Australia with young and problem horses, thus leading to the writing of the "Ten Commandments".Although most people would maintain that horse trainingis just a lot of common sense sometimes it's hard to translate that to your horse in a simple and easy way for them to learn. This is where John's book comes in.

Designed and written to be simple for horse owners of all levels, John has developed a "Ten Step" Training System which covers everything from foal handling through to answers for "problem horses".

Followed correctly, John's "Ten Steps" will give you greater understanding and communication with yourhorse. It will increase their willingness to learn, making them calmer, more responsive and attentive to you, trusting you in any situation. As a result, it will improve most under saddle problems.

Step One - Facing Up

Facing up teaches your horse to come to you on a signal and follow you without a halter or lead rope, rather than you catching the horse. It also teaches the horse that you are his comfort zone.

Step One - Facing Up is now available on DVD! (See below for more information)

Step Two - Standing Still

Standing still is a very important part of training and could be the most valuable thing you teach your horse. Tying up is restraining the horse, whereas standing still teaches your horse to stand willingly stand on a loose lead - untied.

Step Three - Touching All Over & Relaxing

"Touching all over" teaches your horse to relax and accept being handled on every part of their body without any resistance and without them being tied up.

Step Four - Backing Up

Teaching your horse to back up correctly can solve many problems such as barging over you when leading, is an asset when lunging for downward transitions and for unloading from a float.

Step Five - Flexing

Flexion is the key to a well trained horse as you have more control, feel safer and gain confidence when on their backs in problem situations when they get excited or shy.

Step Six - Yielding to Pressure Up, Forward and Down

Teaching your horse to yield to pressure up, forward and down off the lead rope not only prepares your horse for tying but is invaluable in situations where your horse's lead becomes caught. This teaches your horse to yield to the pressure, remain relaxed, not to panic and wait for assistance.

Step Seven - Yielding Shoulder and Hindquarters

Teaching a horse to move their shoulders and hindquarters has many advantages. For example, leading correctly and not pushing their shoulder into you as well as greater control in the wash bay and float.

Step Eight - Accepting Spooky Objects

Teaching your horse to accept spooky objects prevents them shying or bolting when frightened. This exercise teaches your horse to stop, stand his ground and investigate the scary object, whether it be something like a plastic bag, wheelie bin, dog or flapping plastic.

JC & Buddy

Buddy's first spooky session at one of John's QLD clinics

Step Nine - Leading in Position

Teaches your horse to lead on a loose rein but using many of the previous steps. You can give him a verbal signal to move forward; a hand signal to turn his shoulder away from you; a signal to step and back up; all whilst he accepts spooky objects to prevent shying. If your horse has successfully learnt and accepted the above steps, he will calmly lead alongside you WITHOUT the use of a whip, bits or chains.

Step Ten - Lunging JC & Zena

Teaches your horse to go forward on a circle whilst leaning to listen to your signals from a distance. Lunging is now made easy without the need to chase your horse with a whip as he will be happily listening and watching for your signals for changing gait, slowing down, stopping and changing direction.

Common issues and problems are also addressed:

Washing
Rugging
Clipping
Typing up problems
Kicking
Hard to Catch
Nipping and Biting
Float Loading
Lunging Problems
Pushy Colts
Shying
Weaning
First Halter and Lead

Price: $59.95

Step One - Facing Up. The New DVD from John Chatterton

This new DVD is about teaching your horse to face up to you and also to frightening objects through a bonding process using the unique John Chatterton Affiliative Horsemanship method.

From studying and working with the Gaucho’s of South America and from many other excellent horsemen over the past 40 years, John has developed his own unique method of training horses which he calls Affiliative Leadership.

The John Chatterton Ten Step Program demonstrates how a tense, frightened or reactive horse can be taught to be safe in all situations and a pleasure to handle and ride for the majority of horse owners. This first DVD of the series teaches Facing Up - possibly the most important of all the Steps and the step everyone needs to return to when having difficulty with any other.

John demonstrates how a horse can learn not to react with a flight or fight response. The emphasis is on safety for both horse owner and horse. This mutual safety can be achieved through the use of his affliliative and leadership process which creates bonding rather than using the de-sensitizing methods commonly used in many other horsemanship practices.

Price: $59.95