Horse Training Seminars and Clinics
for professional associations and horse conventions

Janet Burleson, acknowledged as one of the world's pioneering horse trainers, provides a variety of free horse training classes, seminars and clinics. Whenever feasible, a working Guide Horse team can attend these free seminars, share their experiences and demonstrate a Guide Horse in-action. 

This presentation is geared toward working animal research psychologists and college professors who want to understand the underlying theory behind Guide Horse training. This seminar makes a highly informative keynote for a professional convention.

• Principles of equine intelligence (cognitive reasoning, long-term memory)

• Horse perception and equine psychology (long-term memory)

• Training a prey animal vs. a predatory animal

• Conducting a field intelligence test on a horse

• Imprinting and Handler bonding (having a companion animal)

• Overcoming flight instincts (Cavalry horse techniques)

• Umveg training

• Operant conditioning and reinforcers

• Using "release of pressure" as a reinforcer

• Using food rewards with horses

• Systematic desensitization (spooking in-place)

• Extinguishing sub-optimal learned behaviors

• Symbiosis with trainer and handler

To request a free Guide Horse professional clinic or seminar for your conference or convention, just e-mail info@guidehorse.com  Click below for different guide horse seminars:

• Elementary School Guide Horse training presentations

• Secondary School Horse training Presentations

• Undergraduate Seminars (Horse class in learning, memory)

• Seminars for horse owners and professional horse trainers

• Guide horse training overview for Blind Services Associations and Civic Organizations

Please note that the Guide Horse Foundation is a 501(c) charity with a primary goal of working with the visually disabled. Free horse training seminar availability is subject to funding availability, scope of media exposure and personal tine constraints.

We receive thousands of appearance requests each year and it is impossible to accommodate every request for a horse training seminar. If your schedule is flexible, we can place your organization on a wait list and perform your Guide Horse seminar when we are in your area.