•
trainer/instructor for
Natural Valley Ranch – 2 years
• previously, riding instructor at local
stable – 5 years
• presently a 2nd year student at Purdue
University, Lafayette, IN
majoring in animal science
• member, Hendricks County 4-H – 6 years
• junior leader – Hendrick’s County 4-H – 4
years
• qualifier, Indiana State Fair – 2 years
• placed 11th (of 78) in “Flags” at the 2004
Indiana State Fair
• participant, Golden Spur Saddle Club
(Circle T Stables) – 5 years
• participant, Doug Baker’s Rodeo (Monrovia)
– 3 years
• co-founder, summer riding camp in 2003
• counselor/riding instructor, YMCA Day Camp
for equine participants – 3 years
Is your horse having a problem you just can't seem to fix?
Don't have the time to fix it yourself?
I will do my best to work with you and tell you what the problem is, how I
will go about fixing it, and what can be done to prevent the problem in the
future.
Included in the one month program are 20-25 of our trainer with your
horse and 2-1 hour sessions with you and your horse, 4-1 hour sessions in the two month program.
These are just a few examples of what we can help you accomplish with
your horse:
Ground Manners
Lunging Skills (walk-trot-canter-whoa)
Basics like easily catching, haltering, and standing
while tied
Pick up feet without resistance
Stand quietly while being bathed
Stand quietly and tolerate clipping
Be completely accustomed to sacking out
Stand quietly while feet are trimmed
Stand quietly for grooming and handling
Easy trailer loading and unloading
Stand quietly while being tacked and cinched up
Be accustomed to saddle while lunging
Develop a feel for and response to leg, body and hand pressure
Be able to make clean, collected gait transitions
Stand still while rider is mounting and dismounting
Be able to bend easily at turning
Yield to leg pressure
Be able to perform a clean, simple lead change
Be relaxed and controllable on a trail ride
Give easily to light bit pressure
If you are looking to get your horse
trained in any contesting events
for 4-H such as barrel racing, or flag race,
or beginner Dressage, we can put 30 days of training on the
horse for $600.00