Horse Training

Many people think that training horses as a career is a real walk in the park. Well, true horsemen know that this is not always the case. Most of the time we have to work six or even seven days per week, and depending on how many horses are at our care, we must work twelve hour days or more every day. Some days are very easy and rewarding, others very frustrating, scary, or even painful. We must get exposed to the potential danger of being with un trained horses, to know in what areas the horse in question needs to improve.

Horses that come in that suddenly pull back, rear and strike out, kick, bite, buck etc. have to be dealt with and often times the horse owner will not admit that their horse has these vices, so we as trainers and professional riders, have to find out the hard way, some times, the painful way. Not only do we have to deal at times with potentially dangerous horses, but once we have fixed the problem, given the problem can be fixed, and we form a bond with the horse, we have to say goodbye to make room for the next trouble maker.

Some trainers have to deal with obnoxious clients as well. Lucky for me all my clients LOVE ME and think the world of me, and me of them ; )

Most trainers, myself included, have to have at least a basic understanding of every trade in the horse world, shoer, vet, groom, stall person, sales rep, breeder, etc.

And we must all have an exact knowledge of the psychology of the horse, to better understand him.
We must practice great patience at all time, we must be persistent, we must be trust worthy and trusting.

All of these things cannot be bought with money, they cannot be learned over night and we cannot be born knowing it all. We must pay attention, listen, ask, study and apply all that we can just so that we can decently do our job as horse trainers. 

NOT A WALK IN THE PARK ALL THE TIME, BUT CERTAINLY A BEAUTIFUL CAREER.

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