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Tammy Yost-Wildin

I grew up in a family of horsemen on a ranch in Montana. My parents both trained horses, and my father is a farrier. As I grew up, I worked on ranches, competed in rodeo, gymkana, western pleasure, polo, jumping, reining, cutting, and team penning. I served as the Montana State FFA President in 1992-93 and covered an extensive speaking tour. In 1993, I spent six months at Pat Parelli’s ranch in Clements, CA studying natural horsemanship. In 1994, I won the FFA Western Region Star of Agribusiness Award for my horse training business. I then went back to college, majoring in communication. I continued to train horses, teach riding, and tour giving horsemanship clinics from Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado to Louisiana. I have always taken every opportunity to take lessons and clinics from well-know trainers. Over the years, I have ridden with Pat Parelli, Les Vogt, and Dr. Robert Miller just to name a few.

In the Fall of 1997 I was offered an opportunity to work for cutting horse trainers Paul and Winston Hansma in Weatherford, Texas. They needed some temporary help, so I spent three months there. I brought home many new ideas and implemented them into my training program. Paul Hansma was a great mentor, and I deeply respect him as a horseman. My time spent learning from him changed the course of my career.

Throughout all of my training experience, horse psychology and communication have remained my primary interest. I have actively studied equine behavior, and had the privilege to co-teach a clinic with Dr. Robert Miller in June 1999. Dr. Miller developed the internationally recognized foal imprinting technique. He is also an expert in equine psychology and behavior. You will find my training program mentioned in his book “The Revolution in Horsemanship”. I wish I had more time to spend learning from Dr. Miller. He is truly an inspiration for me, and I credit him and his work with much of my success as a trainer and instructor.

I have combined the skills and knowledge I have gained from many horsemen to become the trainer and instructor I am today. I continue to learn from other professionals - and my students! I use my background in secondary education and communication to develop effective lesson plans and training strategies. My greatest joy is to see students get results with their horses, and become fluent in the language of natural communication.