Training It

Horse/Riding Training (Shelbyville)

Date: ****-**-27, 11:15AM ********************@*****.***

Hello, My name is Miranda Stevens. I am from Shelbyville, Michigan and I am 20 years old. I have been riding horses since I was 7 years old and have a huge passion towards riding them. I have owned 2 horses in my life. Both were Arabian/Paint mixes. I have taught them new things as they have taught me. I have trained different kinds of horses from halflingers, sheltand ponies, to quarter horses, arabians, and paints. I have trained friends and relatives how to ride, from people with little to no experience. I have the patience and the love to do it. I am doing this simply because I love it and I need a little extra cash on the side so I can get my own place. To train your horse I would typically charge about $30 an hour. And for rider I would charge $20 an hour. If you have any questions feel free to email me, I can set up days and times around my schedule. If you want to know a little more about my experience continue reading. :)

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Example of horse training experience:

The toughest horse I had to train was when I was 16, and it was a halflinger named Stormy. My friend got him as a yearling and he had alot of trust issues. I worked with him every day until he was 4 years old. He wasn't gelded until he was 3, So he had ALOT of spunk. He bit, he kicked, he didn't like children and he didn't want anyone to touch him.. I first worked with getting him used to human contact, feeding him by hand, petting, grooming, touching sensitive spots that would make him be defensive in the wild, so on and so forth. I got him okay with handling and grooming, cleaning feet, people being behind him. All of that. I then got him used to halters and lunging. Then started leading him and teaching him about what bridles were ment for. And he did great! When it came time to put the saddle on, he reared, bucked, kicked, did anything he could to get the saddle off of him. So I lunged him with the saddle for about 2 weeks and he was acting at ease. (I also don't believe in dicipline, I give them positive enforcement instead of negative, I don't hit or scream at any of the horses I work with and I don't back down.) I got on his back and walked around. I had someone lead me at first just in case he decided to run. He bucked a little bit and wasn't too sure about it. After a while I saw a huge improvement in him and then started working with him by myself. He had an issue where he thought he could back up and then lay down while someone was on his back as his stubborn way of saying "hey get off my back!" well I didn't. I would let him lay down, and with my creativity I figured out how to not get him to lay down. When he started to back up I grabbed the reins and pulled on one side making him look at me and it focused him to turn in a circle rather then back up and lay down, and it broke him of that habbit within a few days! I was so proud of myself. By the end of my training I was able to do basic ground work.. walk, trot, canter, standing still while rider gets on and off, neck reining and normal reining. I ride both english and western, and he did both as well. I even got him to do some fencing! They were small 1ft jumps but he did it. They got him for for free and ended up selling him for 3 grand because of my training. A family bought him and their kids still get ahold of me and tell me how amazing he is, even their 4 year old gets on him and rides him around. :)

Example of Rider Training:

The girl that owned the halflinger was the first girl I ever trained and she had this little sheltand pony named princcess. I worked with her from the time she was about 4-5 years old up until last year when she turned 15. Her name is Kylee and she is a very good rider because of me. I taught her basic ground work, posting, posture, do's and dont's. I also taught her how to do speed, barrel racing, and jumping(in saddle, and bareback). She now competes in shows and is a marvelous rider. :)

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