Trudi Dempsey
solving problems
for you and
your horse

Trudi’s love affair with horses began as a small child and her work today as an equine behaviourist and trainer aims to recreate those healthy relationships she had with ponies when growing up.

Since then, and using her more than 50 years’ experience of caring for and training horses, Trudi strives to bring back the joy to equine/human partnerships.

Trudi draws on her experience as a classical dressage coach to improve a horse’s physical balance and her knowledge of how horses behave and learning theory to address behaviour and training problems.

Based on the beautiful North Devon coast Trudi makes home visits locally and travels UK wide and internationally to present at conferences, clinics and workshops. She writes for horse and behaviour magazines, guest lectures at universities, mentors and trains equine charity staff and hosts the Lead a Horse to Water podcast. Trudi is honoured to be a member of the IAABC Application Review Committee.

If you’re too distant to meet with Trudi in person she can support you with behaviour consultations and training sessions online as well as distance group coaching through her courses at Understand Horses and via her Positive Horse Club.

As an equine behaviourist, certified by the IAABC (Certified Equine Behaviour Consultant) and accredited by the ABTC (Accredited Animal Behaviourist), Trudi works in a least invasive minimally aversive (LIMA) framework creating comfortable environments for horses to learn in and giving them choice and control during husbandry procedures.

Using a range of training principles that are predominantly positive reinforcement-based, Trudi creates personal plans for individuals and their horses and mentors professionals wanting to adopt these ethical practices.