Hello Trust Technique team 🙂
My name is Tracy and I have extensive horse experience and have myself taught bodywork workshops under the name Your Grateful Horse. I came across your site approximately a year ago and LOVE the work you teach. I have a small equine rescue and sanctuary (I have just obtained our 501c3 called “EARS” which is located at Donkey Magic Farm. I currently have a herd of 5. I have been using your technique for the following issues. Zeus (shetland pony) 23yrs of age and Jasper (the pony mule) have been chased cornered and caught. Zeus was highly and roughly over-trained and moves into learned helplessness after he has been caught. He will do anything for you at that point. Jasper was an accidental birth. his herd was rescued, he was separated from his family and put by himself where he escaped regularly. He was lassoed and dragged back to his isolated “home”. He was “free” on facebook. No one would take him. He would run at the sight of humans approaching. He has nothing resembling the learned helplessness state. He is wildly independent. It has taken a year to get him to like touch and we are just beginning to work with a halter. The Trust technique has allowed me to build a relationship with both Zeus and Jasper that is increasing their learning curves exponentially! I have a very high thinking donkey I have had since he was 7 months old. Burrito is 8 now. He was always taught by me that his opinion counted. We sometimes call him “Brattito” I look forward to the rescheduling of your vodcast on “Boundaries”. This is where we are at with him as he would “LOVE” to be in your lap. He is a standard Donkey so is large! The trust technique has been helping to quiet him as we do extensive walking out on the desert, and we visit our local Veteran’s home. Taco (sire) of Burrito was 10 when he arrived 8 years ago. He was completely shut down when he arrived. No one had ever considered his opinion about anything. He was ponied behind a cowboy’s horse. An activity I cannot imagine he would enjoy as his hooves were growing out sideways from his coronary band. I believe he was used as a roping donkey…re: instead of roping calves in the idea that roping would ruin them for rodeo, they bring in wild donkeys and practice with them. He loves the trust technique and is much more expressive in his nature. Last but not least Karl (shetland pony)- Loved and spoiled by all, well when I practice the trust-technique with the herd…he lies down within minutes….flat out asleep! I look forward to taking your Practitioner’s course. Again many thanks for bringing the work/PEACE to the many rescue animals to whom this benefits so much.

Amazing!
I tried the technique with my wolf-dog after she went over a week without eating much more than a couple cups of food total, the worst diarrhea and unable to hold in water. I thought she was dying and I freaked out completely.
I changed my mind set, stopped freaking out and did exactly as the video showed and in 2 minutes (no joke),
She got up and went to her food dish and began to eat.
She isn’t out of the dark yet but she’s still eating more each time.
Thank you. I’ll be asking Santa for the full video course this Xmas.

A very interesting course, I wish I had come across it years ago when I had horses and dogs and cats and various semi wild animals.
I found the music on the videos distracting but with volume control sub-titles managed to work round it.
I am glad to see that there are practitioners all around the world, a welcome change from the behaviourist approach I was taught at university.

A very interesting course, i wish I had found it years ago when I had horses, cats and dogs and various semi wild animals.
I found the background music distracting, but with volume control, mute and sub-titles managed to work round it. I am glad to see how many practitioners are scattered around the world.

I originally enrolled to be able to help Tommy, our dog primarily with the issue he has with a neighbour who dislikes him and at whom he barks when she’s outside. We haven’t completely resolved the issue but we’ve come a long way. The course has changed so much for me personally (as well as helping Tommy). The Trust Technique has helped me so much with my own life and I know it was something I was meant to find and learn. I will continue to help Tommy and also myself. The present moment is so simple and yet so profound and is far more beneficial than any of the meditations I used to do each day. Thank you James and Shelley for this wonderful video course.