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Episode 267 - Buck Brannaman

Buck Brannaman is a a world renowned horseman, author and subject of the documentary "Buck". We discuss his traumatic childhood, the healing power of kindness, mentoring, equine therapy, prisons and much more.

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For over 30 years, Buck Brannaman has been working with horses and their owners and today is one of the world’s leading practitioners of handling horses based on classical concepts from the California vaquero tradition; working with the horse's nature, using an understanding of how horses think and communicate to train the horse to accept humans and work confidently and responsively with them.

One of his stated goals is to make the animal feel safe and secure around humans so that the horse and rider can achieve a true union. Buck travels most of the year doing horsemanship clinics in the United States, Europe and Australia & New Zealand. When not on the road, he lives with his wife Mary and their horses in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Buck’s Website:

http://www.brannaman.com/index.html

Buck’s Books:

The Faraway Horses

Ranch Roping

Groundwork

Believe

Other Recommended Books:

Kinship With All Life - J. Allen Boone

Psycho-Cybernetics - Maxwell Maltz

Mitch Rapp Novels (Vince Flynn)

Recommended Movies:

The Big Lebowski

A Fish Called Wanda

Secondhand Lions

Band of Brothers