He seems like an arrogant prick.  Have you ever seen his training show on RFDTV?  The man can't shut-up, he even interrupts experts he's invited on the show.  His methods are not new, they are just like all the other Aussie trainers that have flooded the American marketplace.  My favorite is still John Lyon.

1.  He shouldn't have put her on the horse. 

2.  He should have spent some time fixing the problem on Sunday because now your horse has learned to buck and that gets the person off their back.  Great training their Clinton!

First of all, unless one was there, its hard to know exactly what happened and why.I don't know how honest you're being about relating your experiences.  Lots of green horses buck and yet manage to become fine riding horses. I happen to like Clinton Anderson, his show and the methods used. None of them are revolutionary but they work.

I'd have to agree w/huntseat here. I'm assuming this was one of his weekend clinic shows.

1. If a clinic,many other "paying" clients that may wish to see how he would handle a "problem" horse.

2. Would be interested if cause was the horses or the rider at the time,either way he still should have followed up.

3.What ever happened to one of the golden rules,"end training session on a good note". Last thing is to let the horse think he won on a negative issue.

We've delt with Clinton once when he was at Double G(Wahl's) in Sterling,IL. There was a barrel show going on and we were in warm-up arena before show(which was allowed) warming a horse up. He was in there also working a horse and he made no secret he did not like "anyone else" being there. Bad day for him?

I like clinton's methods too.  But, I do think we can learn a little from every trainer....both good and bad methods, it is up to us what we choose to use.  Also, lets all remember that horses and riders learn at different speeds, what one horse might pick up in one lesson might take 3 or 4 lessons for another horse to learn, same with riders.  There are no concrete rules or timetables for training or learning.  Patience and consistency will usually yield the best results.

Well said Beth. Everyone must understand that ever horse is different. I personally use so many different techniques depending on the situation and the horse. I couldn't even begin to tell you who taught me or where I saw it.

Question for pomlovertwo why do you think that it will take longer now? Just because your horse bucked that girl off? How much more do you think your horse would have really learned if Clinton had worked it on Sunday?

I have been on a quest to find some older horse books, one in particular first published in 1967.  Found a third edition of the particular book printed in 1972, and lo and behold, it talks about breaking pens (now known as round pens) and describes a very low stress, on the horse and the person, method of starting a young horse.  Also found a really cool volume by a UK vet (who became a vet in 1909) and published a book in 1965 on the psychology of the horse. 

What was old is now new again.  There are shamans, showmen and horse people....and it is up to us to distinguish among them.  As Beth posted, time and patience and persistence.....

I saw this was still up after not being on the forum for awhile............

I in my opinion, I believe all these so called "natural horsemanship trainers, or people" are just out there to sell their products and promote the ones that sponsor them (they gotta make their living somehow eh?). Yes, alot of their methods are old school, and they bring it out like brand new to everyone.