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{{Short description|American horse trainer}}
[[File:Buck Brannaman.jpg|right|thumb|Buck Brannaman at the [[2011 Sundance Film Festival]].]]
'''Dan M. "Buck" Brannaman''' (born January 29, 1962)<ref name="Curr Bio">{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2011|year=2011|publisher=H.W. Wilson|location=Ipswich, MA|isbn=9780824211219|pages=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiography0000unse_z0h6/page/82 82–85]|chapter=Brannaman, Buck|url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiography0000unse_z0h6/page/82}}</ref> is an American [[horse training|horse trainer]] and a leading
One of Brannaman's stated goals is to make the animal feel safe and secure around humans so that the horse and rider can achieve a true union.<ref name="Faraway">Brannaman, Buck. ''The Faraway Horses.'' Lyons Press, 2001. {{ISBN|1-58574-352-6}}.</ref> ==Early life and career==
Brannaman was born in
Brannaman had a difficult childhood, characterized by considerable [[child abuse]] at the hands of his father, to the extent that he and his brother spent a number of years in [[foster care]] placement.<ref name="Ranch and Country"/> He took solace in horses, and learned from his own experiences, to look at a situation from the point of view of the horse. Brannaman has written:
: "I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does."
He later used these experiences in his career as a horse trainer, recognizing in difficult animals the same fear and hostile reactions he remembered from his own childhood:
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Brannaman lives with his wife, Mary, in [[Sheridan, Wyoming]]. He has three daughters.
A documentary about Brannaman called ''[[Buck (film)|Buck]]'', directed by [[Cindy Meehl]], won the U.S. Documentary Competition Audience Award at the [[2011 Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>
Further to the documentary "Buck" a series of DVDs has been produced entitled "7 Clinics" which together with his earlier DVD series creates a comprehensive library of his horsemanship.
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*[http://brannaman.com/ Buck Brannaman's Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100604174716/http://www.montana.edu/mountainsandminds/spring2007/buck/index.html Schmidt, Carol. "Buck Brannaman: A life in full circle"]
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