“A horse cannot distinguish between a correct lesson and a wrong lesson. The horse only knows he was taught something. It is up to you to decide which one he learns." - Scot Hansen

In Self Defense Trail Riding Training Scott Hansen shows you what you and your horse need to do in the event someone tries to attack you on the trail.

The techniques are broken down so that you can easily see how to position yourself and what aids you need to give your horse.

Topics include:

- How to recognize a predator

- What to say and why to say it

- How to keep from being pulled off your horse

- When to use a spin

- When to trap

- How to use the power of the horse’s hindquarters

- When and how to strike

- What equipment works best

- How to use your horse to defend yourself from an attacker after you’ve dismounted

- And, much more . . .

Scot Hansen is a retired mounted police officer who trained officers and horses, purchased remounts, and worked the streets. He has had the opportunity to ride horses in and around obstacles that the average person never encounters -- spots like railroad yards, tunnels, freeways, bars, crowd control, stadiums, fireworks, and under hovering helicopters.

He has learned his trade through numerous schools and clinics and most of all by “living it.” Having participated with many of today’s top Natural Horsemanship clinicians he has also had training from classical dressage instructors and has a good working knowledge of dressage. This broad background gives Scot a vast working knowledge of what it takes to have a horse perform in a variety of disciplines and environments.

Scot has a great respect for the horse -- and for the unbounded potential in the human-horse relationship. His philosophies and training methods are based on fundamental horse behavior -- applicable to every horse in every situation. Scot’s “HorseThink” methods have proven to be effective for all types of horses and riders. Age doesn’t matter, either in the human or the horse, nor does the breeding, type of tack used, or the equine sport undertaken.