Transformative Training for Real-World Challenges
Build Resilience. Master De‑Escalation. Strengthen Decision‑Making Through Equine‑Assisted Experiential Learning.
This immersive, one‑day (seven‑hour) training experience brings first responders into a dynamic learning environment where horses—working completely at liberty—serve as real‑time feedback partners. Participants develop emotional regulation, environmental awareness, and calm, grounded leadership skills that translate directly to high‑pressure field situations.
Program Logistics
- Mobile Training: Classes travel to your area and are hosted at your local mounted unit facility.
- Facility Partnership: The mounted unit receives payment for use of the facility and three horses.
- Horse‑Centered Approach: Horses remain at liberty throughout the entire class. This ensures the class training does not interfere with mounted‑unit horses work or conditioning.
This format creates a safe, controlled, and highly responsive environment where participants can practice self‑control, de‑escalation, and clear decision‑making—skills essential for thriving in any operational setting.
To schedule a class in your area
Call
(316) 641-4403 or email ealtcdm@yahoo.com
This is a one-day, seven-hour training class. Classes are mobile in your area through the mounted unit facility. Money is paid to the mounted unit for the use of the facility and three horses. Horses are at liberty through the entire class so this does not interfere with any of the horses' training.
Who befits from this training?
Experience self-control environmental awareness and resilience for appropriate use of forces
Horses help fireman decompress from cumulative trauma and high-adrenaline shifts by encouraging mindfulness and emotional regulation.
Horses respond to body language and energy, not commands. This is essential in environments where verbal escalation can be dangerous.
Horses reinforces the importance of clear, confident communication—essential when guiding first responders or distressed callers. d
Role playing and scenario training with horses prepares all first responders for the chronic stress they experience that is part of the job. This training reduces stress because they can find first gear again. There is less burnout and community complaints when officers are better prepared mentally when things are not going as planned.
To schedule a class in your area Call (316) 641-4403 or email ealtcdm@yahoo.com
Classes can be available in your area through the mounted unit facility. Horses are at liberty through the entire class so this does not interfere with any of the horses' training. Some of the money from the class goes to the mounted unit for the use of the facility and the horses.
Horses mirror human emotion. This creates a powerful learning loop that is
- Train Your Mind. Steady Your Body. Let the Horse Reflect the Rest.
- Instant Feedback. Real Stress. Stronger Operators.
- Horses Read You. You Learn to Lead You.
- Calm Is Contagious — Horses Prove It.
- Your Presence Speaks. The Horse Answers.
- Master Yourself Before You Meet the Moment.
- Operational Clarity Starts With a Horse’s Response.
- When the Horse Changes, You Know You’re Leading.
- The Most Honest De‑Escalation Partner You’ll Ever Train With.
Key Indicators of an Effective Wellness Program.
- Improved emotional regulation: Participants learn to manage frustration, tension, and adrenaline through real‑time equine feedback.
- Enhanced situational awareness: Horses respond instantly to subtle changes in human behavior, helping participants identify and correct unintentional cues.
- Reduced stress responses: The training environment promotes calmness, grounding, and clarity—skills that transfer directly to field situations.
- Better team communication: Activities highlight nonverbal communication,
Why Horses
Because they respond with absolute honesty to human behavior, emotion, and intention. Their sensitivity to nonverbal cues allows participants to see, in real time, how their internal state influences their external presence. This creates a learning environment where self‑awareness, emotional regulation, and leadership skills become visible, measurable, and immediately actionable. When a participant becomes grounded, focused, and clear, the horse reflects that shift instantly. This natural feedback loop turns every interaction into a personal lesson in safety, wellness, and effective communication.
Horses, simply by being horses, become some of the most effective educators for Emotional Intelligence.