Josh Foster, the man Tom Dorrance refused to work with (Mule Trainer, Horse Trainer)

[@marvinostman522]

Your explanation of Mr Dorrance not working with you was worth as much as the video and doubled it's value. Those combination I remember and use the most. Thank you

[@joejenjust]

Excellent video my grandfather would say the same what you're saying to me when I was young regarding life and with horses thank you.

[@beckybobo5]

Takes a lot of humility to understand that lesson and even more to tells it to the other. You have all my admiration...

[@louisegogel7973]

🤍🤍🤍

[@bobbydobbins6484]

I met Tom and his wife while riding for windyhill ranch in waynesboro Ga. i believe he was about 80 years at that time. what a great impression he had on me, not only was he a great horseman, but a great person. rest in peace Tom and thank you for what you gave to all of us who love horses.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Beautiful story! I'm sure when Tom watches he is grateful that his words helped you help others.

[@dianarobinson4435]

I'm working with a mustang mare. She is teaching me to slow down. Beginning was rough, I'm learning to pay attention. This is timely advice! Thank you so much. Every horse that I think is a problem changes me.

[@dianemiller6858]

I used to say we had comprehension issues, usually from my end.

[@horsesteward]

bless you josh...may you have continued success on your path.

[@TheBrickTavern]

Great, great story about you and Tom Dorrance. Thank you for sharing it with us here. We would ALL do well to absorb this lesson.

[@JESSICA4132]

hi,Im 8 years old and this video it is going to helpme alot to understand horses more and to educate my self more about horses, thank you luis jr. I LOVE TO RIDE AND WORK WT HORSES THEY ARE PART OF MY LIFE.

[@louisegogel7973]

To all those watching this video, there are two parts to it, first an introduction to us of how Joshua works with animals... based on what he learned from what he explains in the story of Tom’s teaching to Joshua! Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!! Please hear just how important Tom was to Josh and how Tom taught Josh despite their never working horses together... Tom had his own way of handling and gentling Josh as one can hear if you go long enough in the video.

[@souniert]

Great input and story! Both my wife and listened to your whole videos and truly loved your story about Tom! It is so true that you need to be calm and assertive at the same time and not to let emotion get involved! Because of this one video and story Josh I will watch everything you put out! I live in Murrieta, Californian and am looking at picking up a quarter horse and will use you as a guide all the way along our journey together!

[@ritzydoodle]

What a beautiful lesson you got from Tom, it seems that it's the way of the true masters, to show you yourself. You are very lucky.

[@crystaldiamond4408]

What a great testimony and tribute to the both of you gentlemen. Blessings.

[@MikeThomasHorsemen]

Good work! Brilliant presentation! Tom and Ray would be proud, I know. Perfect explanation of reality with our horses/mule vs anthropomorphic. This video should be seen by everyone who ever touched the horse, but better yet felt for the horse. Loved the Tom Story; this is just the way Tom was. Answered questions in the abstract and forced us all to think. Thanks Tom! Thanks Josh!

[@tammyfox6060]

Tom Dorrance was one of the best .

[@gillyflower1000]

I love your story and really like the way you talk about being around animals.

[@AhavahFarmProductions]

Absolutely love the Tom Dorrance story! Good work josh!

[@CascadeGriz]

I started out watching this with learning about training. I soon realized that it was more about communication. I used to teach young cops about how to communicate with all sorts of people, I would have used this video in that training. Nicely done, thanks for sharing.

[@CameraHorse]

Thank you, Chuck. That's nice to know.

[@bobroberson9286]

GREAT LESSON!!!

[@MegF142857]

That's a good lesson for us all. Thanks.

[@dontmatternonee]

great lesson! Thanks for sharing it with us! Many will not get it! He taught you over the phone, with a "NO!" How many horses are saying the same thing to owners that don't get it?

[@AdventureHorseRidinginNYS]

Just so great - and a fine fine lesson to learn - so thank you muchly. Mary

[@chelackie]

Really good and very helpful story ,thanks for being there !

[@USNAVDC]

There's more than 10 minutes worth of education in that video! Nice job.

[@susaneyer-anderson3760]

I have a friend...he's elderly now...who knew Tom. He said Tom had almost a telepathic ability to communicate with horses. He said one day they were looking out at some horses that were up on a ridge. Tom said, "I'm going to suggest to that horse there that he switch places with that other horse over there". After a bit...it happened.

[@patsguy369]

sounds like tom taught you all you needed to know...i often still struggle to take things slow when working with horses..it's a work in progress for me..but i think each horse i work with teaches me something about horses in general

[@CandiiClark]

I REALLY like this guy. I like the idea of teaching us not our animals. Teaching us to be leaders and learn how to communicate the the species of animal. nice video.

[@quackslikeaduck]

Josh's story was a Zen story and Tom Dorrance was a Master. Nice vid ... thank you.

[@eharstrom2003]

Great story ! Thanks for sharing!

[@peterk8909]

Really like your philosophy. Thank you.

[@fatassedpony]

Nice story. Thank you.

[@pleasanthorsemanship8701]

Very nice video. Thank you. Very much.

[@katiedotson704]

There are few legends that actually deserve the accolades they receive. Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt are among those few. I regret that I never had the opportunity to meet them. I have no doubt that there were some excellent horse trainers before them, but it was Dorrance and Hunt that grabbed the attention of the public at large and created a desire of those coming on behind them to actually work *with* a horse rather than having the horse work for them. "If you think you're going slow enough, go slower". In his book, Monty Roberts, tells of a horse that didn't seem to have the potential to do all that Roberts wanted and sold the horse. The next time he saw the horse with its new owner, the horse was excelling beyond anything that Roberts thought the horse was capable of. Roberts said that he then realized that for all he thought he knew, the horse just needed a little more time, a little more patience. The failure was his, not the horse's. Then there is Nicholas Evans. He died in 2022 and if I could dig him up, tie his writing hand behind his back, and shove his pen up his....... (anyone that cares to can finish that sentence), I would do all that and more, Evans was a British journalist and writer that wrote "The Horse Whisperer", that coined a term that is stuck with us forever. There is no such thing as a horse whisperer. There never has been, nor will there be. Now, there are people that listen to horses by watching their body language and have learned to react to that body language in a way the horse understands. But they aren't whispering.

[@ebonpharo]

I liked the Tom Dorrance storyt! Thanks for sharing!

[@ednorandrewrowe]

Camera horse, subscribed to you after seeing piece you did as a citizen journalist (who needs CNN, MSNBC?) maybe tea party? I'm glad I did! Now that I'm 50, I am amazed how long some bosses actually KEPT me; I used to want to go postal on 'em for firing me. (I have my own company now, and hardest folk to hire are ones who remind me of me back then!) Slowing Down: I got an email animation, with a piece on how God dances with us, and has to LEAD. And of course in marriage, SLOW progress rocks.

[@rhuemcdonough9685]

Good stuff ! Josh has the right things happening !

[@shirleygreenwood5309]

Tom Dorance

[@ltrocha]

Very, very well said, Josh. LarryT.

[@DXWXMX44]

Great story - good principles, good video thanks!

[@emilycorwith1119]

Love this video!!

[@wildmareproductions]

Great story, Josh.

[@sonseere10]

Pretty damn good story. Looks like you decided to go down the road for the betterment of the horse. Too many people in the horse world are selfish, it is all about 'me'. When dealing with horses, you need to check that ego at the door. It is about, 'what is in the best interests of the horse.'

[@MrWave58]

Zen masters always speak in riddles. You handled it very fine, I think. Keep going, :-)

[@hostagemyth]

Good man. Well said.

[@sidilicious11]

I’m still learning to slow down to help my horse learn better.

[@allentidwell8522]

This was awesome

[@kansascowboy5721]

Great video Josh

[@ednorandrewrowe]

lots of wisdom here on so many levels. Sorry our government is trying to lead us around with a plate of cookies. We just want to be part of the SOLUTION. Last week, got us off reduced price lunches. Makiing our own now. Wisdom for child, animal, wife, and God - husbandry, and honest enough to give the low down on his hero in a way that makes his hero seen to be even more wise, heroic. Sounds like a Gospel testimony!

[@MissesKennedy]

Some pretty good things said here!

[@beausavant122]

Great story.

[@lisar9425]

No, the transmission is through Bill Homewood (Balliol) in re: Nuno “Oh strange affinity…” Tambor and Whitworth (Iago) also apply-all roads lead to Rome (Or Park Avenue). Which Forum’s?

[@Jeana67]

Do you work with husbands??? I need mine house trained.

[@compassion4truth]

The movie 'Buck' caused me to consider the fact that all the so called 'evil people' throughout history were created by other people around them. We blame the one 'evil person' without considering the millions of people who indirectly created them through their own failure to comprehend true love for themselves. 'Buck' the movie is amazing and shows us that we are the creators of our reality.

[@htg04]

Good stuff.

[@JavierTorres-dx7fk]

Does Josh have any training videos I can’t find anything about him anywhere

[@tangocolt02]

I'm sure if he chose not to work with him, there's a damned good reason. Ego doesn't come into it.

[@Foodforyousoul]

Tom had no ego. He was a gentle quiet soul. He put the animal first and he is someone we should all try to be more like.

[@louisegogel7973]

If you listen to his full tale of what happened, you will find that Tom was working with Josh from the get go without their ever meeting. Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!! Tom gave Josh the reason, being hot headed, was why he said he kept saying not today, until finally Josh explained and understood, then Tom told him, now you don’t have to come to me, you can do it on your own, and go slower if you think you are going slowly as you learn from the animals.

[@cinnamon8884]

training is not about correcting behaviour, it`s about reinforcing the good stuff...

[@louisegogel7973]

There, that is the life lesson for me, for us all!!! Thank you for pointing it out succinctly.

[@matburn88]

Awesome story

[@AdjaninClara]

nicely said

[@jessepitt]

I just made a comment on another video about how I was told as a kid to talk to horses but the older and more experienced I have gotten the less I talk and more I focus on body language.

[@MollyGrue1]

If you think, you go slow enough - go slower. Wow. Core lesson for anyone working with horses. Even beginners can work well with THAT, if they are ready to learn step by step themselfes. Saw lots of professionals debating about "no time - have to proceed fast - need immediate results" - producing disturbed, anxious and distrustful horses. Imagine, in Germany, where 99% of horses are accustomed to human touch since foaling, have confidence, are peaceful, and are far from being wild, fearful mustangs. The time impatient guys "safe" at start, some unhappy buyer has to put in afterwards to correct heavy (and unnecessary) problems.

[@1horseman23]

sounds like Tom worked with him, he just didn't have a clue at first

[@louisegogel7973]

🧡🧡🧡

[@fancigal]

I dont think Natalie Ross quite got the message. Great work, sir.

[@tnthorses]

Cool

[@sabpaso]

Howard saddle IS ok for mule please ?

[@ednorandrewrowe]

This "horse whisperer" has graduated to "people whisperer" I'm posting to facebook. Sure recognize myself tryin' to find a job as brash young man!

[@threehorsez]

@lindmanpeter Yes, I did. Still - the title remains. I heard that he had good things to say about Dorrance, etc. Did you read my comment? "... when you're going to say good about him in the video..."

[@lisar9425]

Also: Feed me, Seymour!

[@ednorandrewrowe]

--Stay with him til last 3 min., to see how another horse trainer trained HIM when he was younger!

[@louisegogel7973]

Yes!!! Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!!

[@lisar9425]

The Jeffrey Tambor experience.(I said “In refusing to teach me, you’ve taught me.”) I see you, Bradley Cooper.

[@katydid93277]

I need to learn how to teach people to understand their horse and animals. except but I dont know how to express what I know to humans. How do you do translate to people what you know

[@louisegogel7973]

Go within, and let the horses and other animals guide you to show you how to do that.

[@StuckInNy]

👍

[@veek.6463]

They call you something? Never heard of you in my life. Tom Doreance is the ultimate horseman. Ultimate. Ultimate. Ultimate. And Ray Hunt a close second.

[@louisegogel7973]

Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!!

[@__Peter_]

@threehorsez Did you even watch the video?

[@tangocolt02]

So to put all this in a nut shell, basic herd psychology. You're taking the place of the alpha mare.

[@louisegogel7973]

lolol and ... Female leadership can be powerful.

[@jefferyschirm4103]

I've always thought animals teach and interact with each other by immediate retribution problem solved.

[@matthiasweiss1144]

It's a nice story, but the name dropping comes across as desperate. Better to put that story in the description.

[@louisegogel7973]

How is this name dropping? It is all about how Josh’s turning point was through his interactions with Tom. Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!!

[@lisar9425]

)WHO’s ur Cat Lady?(

[@AdventureHorseRidinginNYS]

It is obvious you didn't watch the video..

[@louisegogel7973]

For those who wonder.... Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!!

[@seabisquit45]

Sorry, grandma's cookies seem like the better choice to me.. mmmmmmmm :o)

[@SightOfTrees]

Misleading title to get views, thumbs down.

[@kansascowboy5721]

Rebecca Ohno you must not of watched the video

[@louisegogel7973]

Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us.

[@threehorsez]

I don't understand why the need to bring up Tom Dorrance in this title when you're going to say good about him in the video? Let your talents shine. Bringing him up just comes across as a bitter weed. He's not even alive to defend himself, but I think I see why he refused to work with you with that type of attitude. It's a shame to have a good message diluted by bitterness. You will delete this, but it's time to let go of that part of the past.

[@louisegogel7973]

Goodness, did you stop watching before the end? Here is what I said to another person: I think maybe you might not have heard how important Tom was to Josh and how Tom taught Josh despite their never working horses together... Tom had his own way of handling and gentling Josh as one can hear if you go long enough in the video. Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!!

[@garrettolister9256]

i hate when people name drop to get people to click on the video. I bet if Tom was alive he’d say who the spit is Josh Foster.

[@louisegogel7973]

I think maybe you might not have heard how important Tom was to Josh and how Tom taught Josh despite their never working horses together... Tom had his own way of handling and gentling Josh as one can hear if you go long enough in the video. Look and listen from 7:10 for the story about Tom and Josh. It is quite a powerful one for all of us. Note especially at 8:30 and 9:23...!!!