John Chatterton Articles

Paying it Forward
Recently John Chatterton offered to run a three day charity training clinic for Storm’s Sanctuary horses. John worked with 14…Read more

Essential Tips for First Time Horse Owners
If there is one thing I have learned in my life with horses, it is that you never stop learning…Read more

Straight Load versus Angle Load Floats
The debate over straight load or angle load floats has been going on in Australia since the angle load float…Read more

Advanced Foal Handling
When you can run your hand down a foals legs and it remains relaxed, (as described in the Early Foal…Read more

Float Loading Foals
The first and most important step for safely loading and transporting a foal is to teach him how to relax…Read more

Float Loading
There are many different problems relating to float loading and every trainer has their own method of teaching horses to…Read more

Early Foal Handling
Foals are very easy to handle on the day of their birth, as they are not aware of the danger…Read more

Attending a John Chatterton Clinic
John hosts regular one, two and sometimes three day Clinics all over Australia. When he is working away from home…Read more

Affiliative Behaviour
We've been made to believe that we need to be higher in the pecking order which means we use body…Read more
