Why Liberty?
"Free your horse, free your mind. Liberty is life."
For me, liberty is not just a hobby. It’s a way of life and communication with my horses. My program is unlike the others because it is not rooted in meaningless exercises. These techniques were created to help prepare my untouched wild horses to halter, lead, cross objects, trailer load, accept a saddle confidently and safely, and eventually ride.
Liberty is more than just tricks to perform. It’s about the trust and confidence that can be built without any physical bonds.
Hannah Catalino
Helping horses and humans connect with each other.
Testimonials
“With so much gratitude to Hannah, I have fulfilled a lifelong dream of adopting not one, but two wild mustangs this past summer. I am so thankful for crossing paths with Hannah, for she has opened me up to the world of liberty training and using those techniques as a foundation for gentling and training my mustangs.
I have worked with Hannah throughout the last 5 months of her clinic series, learning how to connect and build a strong and vibrant relationship with my horses. This work is so gratifying on a deep personal level and I think it is very evident in how the horses respond to it. They are calm, engaged, joyful and genuinely seem to want to engage with me.
Hannah has an innate connection to horses and she has a wonderful ability to translate her knowledge to her students and their horses for incredible outcomes. I look forward to continuing my work with Hannah and building my relationship with my horses through liberty training principles.”
~ Taiga
“A year ago, I reached out to Hannah for help with my young Rocky Mountain Stallion. I was looking for guidance on how to retain his attention when other horses were present and how to be softer with him, even after I needed to apply more pressure.
Before finding Hannah, I had reached out to several other trainers who refused to help us purely because he is a stallion. I was struggling to know what to do and lacked confidence in our direction. Thanks to Hannah and attending her 2026 clinic series, we are well on our way to becoming better partners.
We have refined our cues and improved our body control, which is now transferring under saddle. Contrary to popular belief, a huge game-changer for us was adding R+ into our regimen. Doing so has dramatically improved his focus, he is now happy to offer behaviors and stay with me both mentally and physically.
I am so excited to see what the future holds as we continue to progress and work with Hannah going forward!”
~ Bethany
“In 2022 I thought I made a huge mistake by adopting a 3-year old mustang who had some serious baggage. The BLM had moved him around to so many holding stations since he was captured, and he's had so many different handlers along the way . . . he had allegiance to nobody. So I became the caretaker of my first WILD mustang. Lance is so different from the other domesticated/adopted horses I've owned and trained over three decades. I needed help of a different kind. Then I found Hannah.
When I first met Hannah I was looking for someone to help both my young horse and me. Someone gentle, who has patience and compassion and experience. I'm not interested in rushing through training; I want no holes or patch work with my horse. I want a very well-educated horse with confidence. Dreaming? Perhaps, but it's a goal!
Many years ago I went to a sport psychologist: one of the questions she asked was, "What kind of tools do you have?" I thought she meant a hammer or a screw driver---tools that are in the garage. But she meant horse-training tools: like a one-rein stop or any other horse-training technique or tool in your 'toolbox' that communicates what your goal is with the animal. Since then I've collected many tools from different horsemen/horsewomen. No matter what disciplines you do with your horse there are always more buttons and tools to find to help your horse comprehend better. There is always someone who is able to explain things just a little differently or more clearly for a person or horse to understand.
Hannah falls into that category for me. Just like any endeavor you must have the correct tools/buttons that work for that project. Buttons? Push the correct button to start the game! Will it work on my new and super-sensitive mustang? I can't say that'll work for Lance, because for Lance it often won't!
Over the years of working with mustangs, Hannah has learned what to look for and she sees the missing buttons/tools that could help me explain to my mustang horse Lance. He is very smart; I can't leave out a piece of explaining to him what I want him to to. No holes; no gaps.
Don't have the right tools? Or are you maybe missing some little piece of training protocol that could help your horse understand what you're asking of him? Consider Hannah for solving those missing parts!
We just hosted a Hannah Catalino clinic at our ranch in western Montana. By the third day all the horses were calm, yawning, going through their obstacles and liberty skills with obvious focus and interest, and both the horses and seven cowgirls taking the clinic were happy. Can't ask for much more than that!
Good luck with your mustang and other equine friends!”
~Cookie
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