Josh grew up on a cattle ranch in western Colorado. Training horses
was not the family focus at the time; rather, it was earning a living from livestock. Soon his dad, John, switched gears from working cattle to training horses. When John decided to share his training methods with others, Josh was there with him, traveling the country and riding in the clinics. After graduating from high school, Josh worked full-time with his dad. Some years, they spent more than thirty weeks on the road giving symposiums, clinics and expos. Soon, Josh began giving his own
training clinics, the first step towards achieving his life goal of helping people develop their horsemanship skills. He was 16. A year later, Josh and his dad began teaching the John & Josh Lyons Certified Trainer horsemanship course. Within a couple of years Josh took over the course and has taught it alone ever since. To date, the certification program and
Josh’s performance riding accreditation program have produced over 300 trainers from 43 states and 10 countries. In the 2002 Whisper Challenge, where he pitted his training skills against those of two prestigious trainers, Pat Parelli and Craig Cameron, Josh was the undisputed winner. Josh shares his life with his wife and partner, Jana, and sons Austin, Johnny,
Ryder and Joseph, on their ranch in Cross Plains, Tennessee.