After starting this blog only a few short days ago I was astounded to see how many visitors it got - just over 7K yesterday. Since I have an invisible statcounter on this blog I am able to see where the great majority of the visitors are coming from. It seems there are at least 7 message boards that have given this blog the tremendous amount of traffic. 2 of those message boards only posted concerns about a trainer's reputation being in jeopardy because of a blog such as this. To that concern I say this: This blog is not concerned about the reputation of any trainer, it is concerned with helping horse owners find a good trainer for their horse. Good trainers will have nothing to worry about because they have made no enemies and have conducted sound business practices when it comes to dealing with unsatisfied clients.
At this point I am wishing that horse trainers would have to be licensed to train horses much in the same way a doctor is licensed in their own state. The trainer would have to undergo a test, both written and with a horse. I would also like to see that they had a business degree as well. If a doctor screws up their name shows up on this website.
Speaking of licenses and permits - do you realize that the great majority of small time horse trainers do not have business licenses for their locale? They often do not have liability insurance for the horses that they take in for training too. Those are some questions you can bring up when you interview your next horse trainer.