Posting this for Lisa..
Cathie,
Just want to thank you again for all your help and a wonderful
clinic.
We hope you will do more clinics for us. Thanks all of us from Golden
Shoe Stable.

Thank you, Cathie for helping me with my mare. The difference in her temperament is amazing, and everyone who knows her can't get over the difference in her behavior. For those of you thinking of using Cathie, I highly recommend her! She uses methods that horses understand and respect. She's a no nonsense, black and white trainer, but at the same time she is kind and patient to the horses she is training. Her methods work! After one session my Alpha mare was a completely different horse. Cathie is also very good at training the owner and anyone else who will handle your horse, so that the new behaviors learned continue. I will definitely have Cathie back out in the spring to do some additional training.
Audrey

Cathie gave us a leading and loading lesson with our feisty pony. After showing us how to lead correctly, he could not wait to get in the trailer. You could tell he was confident with with us and himself. It was amazing to watch. Thank you for showing us how easy it can be when done the right way.

Cathie came to my farm on Nov 28 2011. I needed help with a cinchy mare. She gave me some great idea's. The mare quickly started to be way better. The mare responed so fast, she's been super to saddle. Thanku very much Cathie. I'm going to have Cathie back in the spring for another clinic.

I added this for Mark and Kathy their horse would not stay in the trailer long enough to do the butt bar..

Hi Cathie --

Just wanted to update you on Gilhooley's progress. He's coming along beautifully. He looks forward to going for rides now. We took him (and Sheza) for a ride yesterday to someplace neither of them have been. He was perfect. The parking area was busy with traffic and noise and it didn't bother him in the least. When we were done with our trail ride he waited very patiently for his turn to go back in the trailer and entered without hesitation. We think your training method is great. You know how to get into his head and make him want to please. Makes for a happier horse and happier owners!! Don't change a thing. He also tried the bitless bridle with much success so far. He only wore it while in the paddock. Next time it'll be outside the paddock. Then we'll try it on Sheza. I think she'll be a challenge but worth the try. She tends to be fidgety with her bit sometimes.

Oh, and we got those "Clips' you demonstrated. Those are the greatest thing since sliced bread. We use two for the trailer and one in the barn. Works great!!

Thank you again for your hard work. It really paid off!!

Thank you so much for your  help with Justice. Your firm and gentle ways, along with helpful advice, have made such a difference in his behavior. He's a much happier and relaxed  horse knowing what is expected out of him. The things you have taught me, in just a few training sessions, have been invaluable. I am now more confident handling different situations with him as they arise. 

We had Cathie come out to do sessions with 5 horses at our barn in Hanover last month. The horses ran the gamut from a 3 y.o. Dutch WB to a 15 y.o QH. We were all impressed with her techniques in dealing with our horses' "issues" - spookiness, moving off while mounting, general ground manners (or lack thereof), etc. We learned a lot, and we're going to have her come out again so we can continue the work we've begun.
Cathie is a great resource for horse owners in this part of New England.

Thank you so much Kathy for such an amazing clinic today! I learned so much and had a blast! I hope you come to Lisa's again soon!
Thank you again,
Your wonderful at what you do!

I wanted to thank Cathie for the excellent job in teaching my horse to trailer. My horse, normally very shy & spooky in regards to new experiences was able to self load confidently within 2 hours. We went for a ride around the block the next day, with a buddy of course and he did great! Sparky has made great strides, and is now able to add trailering to his resume! Thanks again for all your help. Rebecca

My daughter Jessi really liked her horsemanship lesson with cathie.cathie took her time with her.it gave Jessi more confidence and she can't wait to go for her next lesson. who ever needs help with there horse or horsemanship lessons. cathie Anderson is the person to call.
Thank you
Barbi and Jessi

My horse and I had the opportunity to take a training lesson with Cathie this week.
I am so grateful to Cathie for showing me proper groundwork tools, and am looking forward to the next session. I saw a real difference in Cisco while working at some groundwork today. I'm also planning on taking some horsemanship lessons with Cathie, as there is so much more for me to learn.
Thank you Cathie!

I can't describe in a short paragraph just how switching to the Dr. Cooks helped not only my psyche, but made me feel like I was communicating with my horse on a humane level again. As for my dearest four-legged friend, PeterPan, I am positive he agrees.

Some time ago I emerged from the comfortable slumber of Ignorance and realized the physical and mental effects of the bit on the general well-being of quite a few horses. We transitioned a number of horses, including Peter, to 'soft' hackamores, careful not to place them too low on the nose. I am sure a number of people might have their own idea's about this outcome but the main thing I noticed (among others) is that most of the horses calmed down considerably.

However, I still felt somewhat semi-detached from my horse. Being fond of the principles of schooling, I felt that the hackamore was still giving off an 'aggresive' tone and distracting Peter.
Needless to say, then I met Cathie! After absorbing all the information that she so willingly and enthusiastically shares. I realized how I had overlooked and underestimated simple fundamental principles of horsemanship! Methods that promote a trusting, loving friendship between human and horse. I also had the wonderful opportunity to meet Cathie's horses (absolute gems!) and shadow her on numerous meetings with problem horses or a cautious client that wants to go about introductions well-informed. Everytime, the meetings were a success. Cathie, with generations of horse knowledge behind her, is one in a million.

After introducing PeterPan to Dr. Cook's bitless and with the tips I learnt from Cathie. I have never been on a better page with my dearest old friend. Both on the ground and under saddle. Thank you, Cathie!

Violet and I have worked with Cathie Hatrick Anderson through out this year exploring and achieving many tasks.Together we have accomplished team penning, successfully competed in Versatility,and in the Spring began driving. We continue advancing with Cowboy Mounted Shooting skills and are wrapping up a solid 2nd year. This is all a result of training with Cathie to guide us to develop respectful ground manners and rock solid brakes. I am blessed to ride with her. I am working at Violets full potential and truly enjoying every step. Thank you Cathie for all you have shown us.

Woohoo! We are loading and self-loading, just like Cathie promised. Cathie showed us just a very few cues that, amazingly, make all the difference in getting Fanny on the trailer without any drama at all. Cathie's approach is very straightforward, very clear, and it is a treat to see how she gets right to the heart of the problem, in seconds. My favorite Cathie quote was, "Keep the head in the trailer, and the ass will follow." Yes, it did. I feel so glad to be able to look forward to trailering to a bunch of activities this Fall, now that I don't feel so entirely helpless about getting Fanny on the trailer.

Posted for Russ...
"Working with Standardbred driving horses, the process of braking the juveniles to the cart and jogging them has become easier and safer since asking Cathie to help several years ago. The way she interacts with them, they just seem to relax and start trusting you so that the days of runaways and throwing tantrums and breaking carts and equipment are gone. She recently worked her magic on two colts and they are jogging every day and behaving well. I have also asked her to retrain horses to saddle that have retired from racing or never showed potential as race horses with excellent results. Thank you Cathie - Russ

( I added for Gina)

Cathie has been working with my 3 year old QH gelding Tee J getting
him started under saddle. I have owned and cared for horses most of my
life but had never been involved in training a youngster. I have
learned so much which I have also been using on my trained
horses as well.
Cathie knows her stuff and it is evident in the progress that Tee J has made and how easily it was done. Thank You Cathie for all your
help!

Thank you so much Cathie, for not only helping my horse but helping me as well. You really broke the training down into steps that I will be able to follow through with. I was impressed with your patience with both my horse and I and look forward to continuing both Amira and my education with you.

From last year- adding this for Emily...

Cathie- thank you again for coming out and helping me with Ginger on such short notice last week. I just wanted to let you know we got her home without a problem- I actually went up a day early to make sure she was going to cooperate. She reared once, then seemed to remember that that didn’t do much to get her out of the situation, then walked right on a bunch of times. It took us all of 5 minutes to load for real on Sunday, and even that much time was only because I backed her out a few times before locking her in. You should have seen the cloud of anxiety lift from my daughter’s face when she saw Ginger cooperating.



This is the first time I have gotten help with her that I felt like I could replicate- you have saved us many hours of frustration and lost opportunities to do things off property, so thank you!



Emily

Cathie, when I realized my colt had outgrown me it became quit clear I need to get some professional help. Glad I called you! Sinatra was pushy, came in my space and had no respect for me. I was amazed at what you accomplished in a couple hours, you taught him to move out of my space , lead , back he let you sit on him without a fuss. After all that you got him to load. As amazing as all this was to watch the best part was that you included me in the process. I was able work on your foundation and today Sinatra is under saddle and went to his first show. You are the best!

Cathie has worked with a rescue Clydesdale that we took a few years back and most recently with trailer loading my Iberian filly. I would highly recommend her services to anyone wanting to start a young horse off right and to anyone encountering behavior/training issues with their horse. It's so much better to have a problem solver such as Cathie available than to try to fix something you may not be approaching in the most effective way.