Horse Whisperer at Tanque Verde Ranch
17 February 2009
On a magical night in December 2008, I watched Tom Chambers demonstrate some amazing control over a horse, and he never came within fifteen feet of the horse. The horse was in a small corral and he stood in the center. By just a nod of his head or a change in the way he looked at the horse, the animal would speed up or slow down, or even turn around and go the other way.
Chambers has worked with horses for over forty years and currently operates the Harmony with Horses program at the Tanque Verde Ranch in Tucson. While he is not comfortable with being called a “Horse Whisperer”, it is a moniker often used for his innate ability to work with horses.
As a boy, he was uncomfortable with the harsh ways of horse-breaking methods, and set out to find a softer approach. He found that often people didn’t have “horse problems” but that horses had “people problems.” By working together in a partnership, people and horses could thrive in their relationship.
Chambers is also a western singer/songwriter and often sings in the evenings at the Ranch.
