Professional Horse Trainers in Maine
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Home > Horse Trainer Directory: Maine
Find equine professionals near you. For example:
Q: How can I find John Lyons horse trainers near me in Wichita, KS?
A: Individual listings indicate whether each horseman is certified by famous trainers such as John Lyons, Richard Shrake and Pat Parelli—or if they're "independent operators." Click on the links in the left column, "Kansas" in this case, for a city-by-city listing of pro horse trainers near you.
Q: How do I locate a good horse trainer in South Dakota?
A: Clicking on "South Dakota" will bring you to a directory of horse training professionals in South Dakota. Make sure you ask for references - and call those prior clients before trying out any trainer. Remember, more often than not, saving a few pennies up front (on a fly-by-night so-called "pro") will cost you in the long run. How much do broken ribs cost these days in terms of hospital bills and lost work?
Your Local Horse Trainers (horse training in Maine, most pros within 250 miles):
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Get On Your Horse: Curing Your Mounting Problems - Download and print from your home computer |
Consider Get On Your Horse: Curing Your Mounting Problems:
Consider Teach your horse to show respect, to move to the mounting block, to lunge, and to stand rock solid with this 5-Day guide featuring the methods of John Lyons. Download and print from your own computer in just minutes. Includes a bonus article: "Cinchy Horses." (And another bonus beyond that! Read on!):
An excerpt:
We'll start on the horse’s left side; simply reverse everything to "educate" your horse's right side: With your horse standing parallel to, and about one foot from, the wall, take the right rein in your left hand, about 6-8 inches from the horse's mouth. You'll grasp with a clenched fist, using all your fingers, (you’re not having tea, don’t stick out that pinky!) with your thumb "up," toward the sky. This thumb thing seems like a minor thing - but the resulting angle gives you added strength and it's the little stuff that, all combined, makes training easy and rewarding rather than exasperating and endless. Note: If you begin this exercise and find it to be more difficult than the little voice in your head says it should be, re-read this article and take note of the details I've stressed: The thumb thing, using a snaffle bit (not a halter), beginning only when your horse is ready, etc. Stand before the point of your horse’s shoulder, that is, the spot roughly halfway between the front of the horse and the center of the horse (in the area where his shoulder is most prominent, his “ten thirty” were he standing on a large clock). Position your hips so as to sort of “face” his left shoulder. Keeping yourself in this area keeps you safer (notice the "er") from back leg kicks or tramplings. DO NOT GET IN FRONT OF YOUR HORSE or directly to the side where a sudden lurch or kick can flatten you. That would certainly drain the fun out of this. Raise the lunge whip in your right hand, as if a conductor sans orchestra, up above your horse's left hip.
Other available courses include:
When Your Horse Rears: How to Stop It
Get On Your Horse: Fix Your Mounting Problems
How to Start a Horse: Bridling to 1st Ride
Your Foal: Essential Training
Stop Bucking (reviews)
Round Pen: First Steps (reviews)
Rein In Your Horse's Speed (For Owners of Nervous or Bolting Horses) (reviews)
Trailer Training (read the reviews)
