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Teach him to stand still when mounted.
Teach him to stand still on concrete while being groomed. (He likes to walk all over the place.)
Teach him to not freak out when he’s being sprayed (Show Sheen, fly spray, etc.)
Teach him to get on the bit nicely every time. (He CAN do it and does sometimes).
Teach him to pick up his feet. (He’s willing about 75% of the time and once his feet are up, he stands nicely, but sometimes he flat refuses.)

How many hours of training would this horse need and what would you charge to accomplish this? I know there are a lot of variables here, but give me your best estimate.

Should a professional horse trainer guarantee her work?
Note: We just bought the horse about 3 weeks ago. He’s a really good and sweet boy, but he hasn’t been ridden or even handled much in about a year. He’s getting a lot better at each of these issues as my daughter is working with him.
Thanks for all of your answers.

I have sent my son’s show horse to a new trainer. The trainer is wanting to take my son’s horse to a horse show and show him. The trainers sister is also going to be showing the horse. The trainer as well as her sister will be paying for their own classes. With me being the owner of the horse am I entitled to any of the winnings that the trainer and her sister win.

I get a lot of horse training questions about stopping a horse from kicking. The kicking habits of these horses range from the horse kicking at virtually anyone to kicking at only the husbands.

It’s a daunting problem that lots of people have no idea how to cure. That being so, I want to share some insight to horses kicking.

First I want to relate some causes of horses starting in the habit of kicking. Because a horse kicks is no reason to think he is naturally bad or unmanageable. I don’t think there is a horse alive that is “naturally” vicious. In fact, they’re made that way due to bad management or ignorant handlers.

Admittedly, there are some horses that inherit the characteristics of their ancestors. But one should never start to break a horse without first taking into consideration the nature, disposition, and understanding of a horse.

For instance, there are some horses that are naturally predisposed to have a “not so good” disposition. There are certain physical characteristics you can spot on a horse that indicate what his disposition is like.

Jesse Beery, a famous horse trainer from the 1800′s, was brilliant at deciphering a horse’s disposition. He even wrote extensively about how to do it. You can read about it at http://www.horsetrainingandtips.com/Jesse_Beery_etips.htm.

Anyway, now we can handle the horse according to its disposition. We can get it very nearly equal with a good dispositioned horse. All the difference in the world is due to the management and training of the colt. A horse with a “not so good’ disposition will require more patience and thorough work.

All animals in nature have a self defense of some sort. A horse’s self defense is kicking. After all, if you work with a horse that gets badly excited by some cause (such as ropes or chains coming in contact with his legs and those parts of his body aren’t broken) his first inclination is to kick it out of the way.

The trick is to break a horse in a way that the habit never occurs in the first place. Too many people think a lesson will be enough to educate the horse to be ready to go. But if you’re driving your horse and he gets caught under the tail or the cross pieces of the shaft touch his quarters…and those parts are unbroken, it would likely frighten and excite him enough to cause him to kick.

And the worse part is this: Once started, there is an increased inclination to go on kicking until confirmed in the habit.

So the cure is prevention. You must make all parts of his body submissive to sensitivity of his extremities. One way to do this is using a technique called poling. Essentially, you take a light pole and start at a horse’s nose, rub it over the mane, back, belly, quarters, and sensitive parts of the body, until all muscles become relaxed.

But what if you have a horse confirmed in the habit of kicking?

If that’s the case, I can give you three possible answers.

One is to sell the horse. If you feel it’s not fixable then it’s not a good idea to keep the horse around. You’re going to get severely injured if you’re not extra careful.

Two, get a professional trainer to help you. A trainer will charge anywhere from $400.00 per month to $900 per month. Is that worth it to get your horse to stop kicking? Only you can decide.

Third, you can learn to do it yourself. There are solutions out there that are pretty good. Jesse Beery, which I mentioned earlier, has a permanent solution to stop it.

About The Author

Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author of several best selling horse training and horse care books. For information visit his website at www.horsetrainingandtips.com. He is also the leading expert on Jesse Beery’s horse training methods which can be seen at www.horsetrainingandtips.com/Jesse_Beerya.htm.

Author: Andy Curry
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Horses can be trained to help people perform different and complex activities. In the USA for example, horses on farms are still used to help prepare the land, transport crops as well as people and harvest crops and agriculture products. Ranches still use horses in the day to day care of herds and flocks on expansive ranches. In other countries not only are they used by farmers and ranchers, horses serve as the only efficient mode of transportation in the rough, barren, and remote areas that are still lacking a basic infrastructure.

From the beginning of man and horse interactions until now, horses have to be trained to perform all these different functions, transport, farm and ranch work, for sports and even for warfare. You might have seen those epic movies and sagas where warriors are riding horses during battle. These steeds took many hours of training to be ready to accept and respond all that would happen around them.

It is amazing the amount of uses a horse can be trained for and how much they learn to accept. However, always be reminded that horses can be destructive in the human world when left untamed and untrained. That is why it is very important that horses undergo training, being taught the basic skills and tricks to perform many different helpful tasks. This is where you may need the help of a professional.

The horse trainer will help unlock the full potentials of the horse. He will be tasked to condition the mindset of the horse so it could be prepared for training sessions and could be open to learning what it needs for the desired discipline or job it is intended for.

You as the horse’s owner needs to understand that you play a very important role to unlocking the horse’s potential. That is because once the trainer has gotten the horse in the correct frame of mind and understanding you will need to know how to communicate with the horse and keep him going in the right direction. You can undo all the trainer has done with the horse in a matter of hours if you do not learn how to handle the horse correctly.

The first thing you can do in finding a good trainer is to seek for recommendations from peers and other horse owners. If you are unable to get recommendations from others, you can try the local veterinarian. They many know about the best horse trainers in their area. The vet deals with a lot of horse owners and will hear of bad as well as good comments of local trainers as well as possibly dealing with the trainer and their horses as well.

You can also hit the feed stores as they too may have good information of local trainers, either first hand or through clients of the trainer. Look at the ad boards, horse publications and even try internet sources for online classifieds.

Regardless of how you locate potential trainers, you must do an interview and examine the facilities and clientele of the horse trainer to ensure your horse will receive the kind of care and training you feel comfortable with. You should also make sure the trainer is open to you watching training lessons as well as receiving lessons on how to communicate with your horse when it is ready to come home.

Several accreditations from horse training bodies and industry groups are also being provided to certify a horse trainer’s capabilities. If the applicant horse trainer holds one, you will have a very good idea of how the trainer works and what methods are used in the training program.

When it comes to choosing the best horse trainer for you it is obviously a personal choice. What is good enough for one horse owner may not be good enough for another. Preferences and standards of care and training varies greatly between horse owners. That is why you can’t rely solely on the experiences of other horse owners and need to interview and watch your prospective trainer in action. In doing so, take heed from your personal impressions and experiences.

Good humor and genuine interest of horses are great traits of a good horse trainer as well as their experience and overall knowledge of horses and training techniques. Knowing the person through a sincere talk should show that he is truly interested in teaching you and your horse, this is key to a great trainer.

Jodi Wilson is a recognized authority on the subject of horse training and has spent almost 30 years developing training techniques and solutions for horse owners no matter the discipline or breed.

Jodi is an Accredited Josh Lyons trainer, and is Certified in John Lyons training techniques. Her website, http://Jodi-Wilson.com, provides a wealth of information to improve the relationship between horse and rider. Jodi is also available for clinics and demonstrations as well as lessons, apprenticeships, and horse training.

Jodi has trained and competed in Reining, Sorting, Jumping, Dressage, English and Western Pleasure, Trail and Problem Solving.

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Does anyone know of a website that lists the classes that a horse instructor/trainer can ride in at horse shows? I know that trainers can only ride in certain classes because they are at a higher level than other riders and it deems it "unfair" and "unfit" for a trainer to compete in a class against riders that are on the same level as their students.

I’m trying to find out a definite as to what classes a trainer is allowed to ride in without causing problems.

Thanks!

My old horse trainer bought my horse off of my before I moved from San Diego to Denver. She still hasn’t paid me the money she owes me for the horse, so I’m going to take her back (it was in our contract that if at any time before I got paid I wanted the horse back, she would have to give her up without any trouble). I moved during summer, and I still don’t have my money, so I want the horse. How much would it cost to have a horse trailered from San Diego to Denver?

Trained versus Untrained Horses

For most people (e.g. excluding large breeders, horse dealers and such), it is usually best that you purchase a horse which is already trained to the level you will be using the horse at. If you will be using the horse for basic riding it should be trained to this level pre-purchase; if you are using it for advanced riding then you should buy a horse that is trained to the advanced level. If you are using it for show jumping, it should already be trained for show jumping.

Of course, one can purchase an untrained horse or a partly trained horse. Such a horse will be less expensive to buy. Also, you can instruct a trainer on exactly how you want the horse trained, and you can have the experience and pleasure of participating in this. However, against these advantages, there are a number of disadvantages:

Training Costs. The cost of training will be in addition to the cost of the horse. To begin with, there are the costs of the trainer. In some cases the trainer will come to you but if not, you will need to transport the horse to the trainer or stable the horse with the trainer, either of which will be additional costs. Due to individual differences, it can be difficult to state precisely how much it will cost to train a horse, but such costs are frequently (one could even say ‘usually’) under-estimated. It is often the case that when one adds in all the final costs of training, it would have been less expensive to have purchased an already trained horse.

Accidents. Occasionally there are accidents during training, even with good trainers, especially during early training when the horse is less predictable. Even in the case of minor accidents, there may be vet costs.

Mis-Training. Trainers vary both in terms of approach and in quality. Furthermore, in order to secure the training contract at an economical level, trainers may rush the training or under-estimate the amount required. If this occurs, at best you end up with an incompletely trained horse and at worse a horse which has been mis-trained, resulting in undesirable behaviors.

Feel. Two horses, trained in exactly the same way, will provide a different riding experience due to individual differences. Horses differ due to breed, build, training and individual genetics. Consequently, how comfortable you will be riding a horse is more predictable with an already trained horse than with an untrained one.

Health Examination. A trained horse is easier to evaluate for injuries or other defects as one can ride it and one can watch it carefully while being ridden in each gait. Although one can examine an untrained horse, the examination by necessity is less complete.

Because of these factors, buying an already trained horse is often less expensive, less risky and less stressful than buying an untrained or partly trained horse and then having it trained up.

You should not try to train a horse yourself, unless you are a professional horse trainer or working under the complete supervision of a professional horse trainer. When non-professionals train horses, the horse will almost certainly pick up bad habits and behaviors (which are very time consuming and expensive to correct), as well as the risk of accidental injury to the novice trainer.

You should also be wary of buying a partly trained horse based on the seller’s commitment to fully train it. Having made the sale, many sellers will rush the training and cut corners, in order to minimize their costs and receive payment as soon as possible. One should only make a purchase commitment when the horse is fully trained and you have ridden it to ensure that you are completely satisfied with the result.

Doug Stewart is the owner of Horses for Sale and a professional horse breeder.

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Each day I read questions from people asking what to do about their horse’s behavior, training or general care. These are from people who have limited experience with horses, but want to train these horses themselves. It is really not as simple as these questions make it out to be. You must consider your knowledge of horses and the horse you own when deciding whether or not to hire a professional.

I have been raising horses for 25 years now and riding and showing them for over 35 years and I don’t feel that I have the qualifications to be a horse trainer. A person who trains horses is a professional like anyone else. Usually, they even have a card that says professional on it. They have spent years apprenticing under various other trainers to master their skill and usually begin by working as a groom in a barn to become comfortable with horses. Each horse is different and the care and training of each horse is different. One horse may be on the lazier side and may need more leg or a smoother bit. Another horse may be gamier or more nervous and you wouldn’t want to drop a leg on him or put a smooth bit on him. Some horses are quirky about one side or the other and there may be no clear explanation for this. It takes years for people to master the ability to read horses and train horses the way an individual horse needs to be trained. Not all horses are trained in an identical manner.

Recently, I read about a person who decided to rescue two horses. One was older and one was a young colt. She wanted advice on how to train these horses and how to keep them from kicking and biting. I also read about someone who couldn’t understand why her 4 month old baby wouldn’t cooperate. This perplexed me. People post these questions in forums and on message boards asking what to do. How can you explain to someone how to train a horse that you have never seen? If a human was ill, you would take them to a doctor not ask how to treat them on a message board. A person can get seriously hurt attempting to train horses that have had no training when the person training them has had no experience working with these animals. In the end, when the horse hasn’t changed, it is decided that the horse is no good. This is not necessarily the case. The horse didn’t get the proper training.

The same is true when I read questions regarding the health of a horse. The questions are all over the message boards. My horse is lame or my horse is coughing etc..what should I do. That should be obvious. Call the vet. Until a vet has seen the horse, it is difficult to diagnose via a question on a message board. Another common question is how often does my horse need vaccinations, shoeing, teeth floating and other maintenance? Again, this is where a trainer, vet and farrier come in. Each horse has its own maintenance routine depending on issues it may have. Younger horses need the dentist more often than older horses. Some horses get shod every 4 weeks while others get shod every two months.

If you choose to get a horse that has had a limited amount or no amount of training, it would be smart to get a professional trainer involved at least at the beginning until that horse is trained and known to be safer. Further, trying to do this on your own could be end up with dire consequences not only for you, but also for the horse. Many horses turn into wonderful backyard/owner trainer rider horses, but generally all begin with some sort of formal training. If you are willing to take on the costs of a horse, the costs of a trainer even for a limited time, needs to be a part of that. In short, horse training is not a hobby nor a do-it-yourself project. Rely on trained professionals. Your horse will thank you for it.

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