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I believe
in giving a horse every opportunity to succeed.
My philosophy is that every horse trains at a difference
pace.
Sometimes this can be slow and tedious. Sometimes it depends on the horse's pervious handling.
I am not a trainer that will tell you can have a broke horse in 30 days.
I will train at the pace the horse is
comfortable and no faster.
I would love to meet you and your horse.
Training price is
$550.00
a month includes board
Saddle time is spent teaching the basics.
I want him to quickly learn to move foreword
and maintain supple and softness.
Once we are traveling well
at the walk and trot more
lateral work is introduced,
helping to maintain suppleness and keep the horses attention
on his business.
Teaching the horse lateral movements
also helps the horse to learn to move off your leg,
along with the start of leg yield and side passing.
Obstacles are introducted as soon as the horse is ready.
Walking over tarps, poles, bridges, moving thru gates, dragging obstacles and many more.
The time spent
doing all this is invaluable on the trail, in the show ring whatever you are going to do with your horse.
I put a lot
of work into balance, an unbalanced horse can not perform to the best of his ability. A horse that is taught to travel
balanced has a much easier time at his/her job no matter what it is.
Just because your
horse is not old enough to start under saddle yet, doesn't mean that he wouldn't benefit from some professional
training.
The more work that is done with a youngster before ever putting a saddle on its back the easier it is to make
that transition.
The horse is desensitized, taught to be respectful and to trust their handler. When it
comes time to get on their back they trust it is nothing to be afraid of.
There are many things to teach
foals and youngsters
*Halter training
*leading
*Standing tied
*Grooming
*Yielding hind and
forehand
*Backing
*being ponied off another horse
*Desensitizing to objects and noises
*wearing tack appropriate
to their age
*ground driving
*going over and around obstacles
Desensitizing
is the most important thing you can do to ensure the safety of both you and your hore.
Even the most dead broke
experienced horse can be dangerous in a bad situtation.
There are things that can be taught to you and your horse so
you can manuver over and around those obstacles.
Some of the tools I use to desensitze a horse pior to the
first mounting is tarps, slicker, pop cans or rocks in plastic jugs, plastic bags, bikes being ridden, hikers with back packs
anything that could be the proverbial boogie man. Each horse is different so I try to develope a program that is specific
to their needs. I get them to go over obstacles on the ground and be confident doing it, this way he,she does not worry
about whatever he might encounter. Confidence makes a less fearful horse.
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