Horse High School has 3 possible venues for the student, resident training, take home CD/DVD training school and on line.
Subjects covered are: grooming, daily care, feeding, farm management, horse breeds/colors/markings, conformation, tack, tack selection & fit, equipment, farrier care, vet care, dental care, first aid, gaits, traveling problems, lameness's, parts of a horse, measuring height/weight, training, natural & artificial aids, trailering, selecting a horse, business vs. personal ownership, exercise & fitness, stable procedures, safety and emergency procedures, risk management, horse ownership, needs of the horse, levels of management, choosing acreage, designing a layout, barn construction and design/layout inside and out, other buildings, machinery and equipment, fencing for training and turn out, pasture and hay field management, water, sanitation, fire prevention, daily routines, management plans, record keeping, grooming & clipping, exercise and fitness, veterinary care, farrier care, parts of the horse, colors and breeds, markings, head shapes, tail and mane styles, gaits, conformation, parts of the foot, traveling problems, lamenesses, shots and dental, deworming, feed, hay and water, handling and managing stress, problem solving, wrapping legs and tails, skin care and first aid, signs of a sick horse, heart rate, respiratory, temperature, hydration test, gum test, measuring the horse (height and weight), string test on yearlings, buying and selling horses, business vs. personal ownership, company structure, breaking and training, transport, training from foaling date and imprinting to getting on the horse for the first time, we cover how a horse learns, teaching zones, the training rules, 4 personalities of a horse, the 7 stages of training a horse, 8 principles of horsemanship, 10 qualities of a horseman, developing respect and trust in the horse, relationship between prey animals and predators, rehabilitation of spoiled horses, training in the round pen, leading, loading, tying, teaching a horse to be unafraid of people and strange objects, noises, saddling, bridling, teaching a horse to yield to pressure, bitting, flexion, collection, tack & equipment, ground driving and long lining, solving problems, introducing the bit, girth and saddle. We will also discuss several of the controversial items in horse training such as hand feeding, hitting a horse & negative reinforcement, transitional training for race horses will cover their life as a race horse, particular issues and problems that you may have to address with a race horse, transitioning the Harness horse to pleasure driving and riding under saddle, learning collection, transitions, bending, moving off your leg and cantering, transitioning the under saddle race horse, teaching the other gaits (walk, trot, cantor), transitions, collection and picking up leads. Breeding topics on collection of semen, stallion training to breed, handling stallions, fertility evaluation on the stallion, advantages of cooled and transported semen, preservation of the stallion semen, factors affecting fertility of the mare in the AI program, techniques for teasing, management of twins, early embryo death and pregnancy loss, management tools to hasten the breeding season, reproductive evaluations and common problems, broodmare management in a shipped semen situation, esterus detection, foaling and foal care. Equine business topics such as economic and business essentials, planning, taxes and accounting, marketing, buying and selling horses, services and contracts, employees and independent contractors, avoiding liabilities, insurance, horse records, computer and software assistance. ESMT topics such as anatomical directions/anatomical views, skeleton, joints and points of the horse, types and name of muscles, reading the horse, relating what is wrong with the horse and its profession, massage strokes, finding and eliminating, the causes of problems, recommended books, readings, courses, cautions for massage, sports injuries, when to call teh vet, methods of treatment, basic conformational problems, horse evaluations and records keeping, saddle and tack fitting, horse conformational measurements, shoeing and traveling problems, benefits of massage and how it works. ALL THE RIDING DISCIPLINES (HORSES, TACK, UNIFORM), 4 PERSONALITIES OF THE HORSE, 8 PRINCIPLES OF HORSEMANSHIP, 10 QUALITIES OF THE HORSEMAN, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREY ANIMALS & PREDATORS, 7 TALENTS OF A HORSE, OPPOSITION REFLEX, BITTING/FLEXION/COLLECTION, RIDERS POSITION, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL AIDS, TRANSITIONS, IMPULSION, WALK/TROT/CANTER, TURNS, CIRCLES & BENDING FOR STOCK SEAT, SADDLE SEAT, DRESSAGE, EVENTING, HUNTER/JUMPER AND DRIVING. TACK AND UNIFORMS FOR EACH DISCIPLINE, SHOWING, SELECTING A HORSE FOR A DISCIPLINE, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EACH DISCIPLINE & HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE. ANATOMY OF THE LEG & HOOF, PROPER ANGLE OF THE HOOF, TRAVELING PROBLEMS, LAMENESSES OF THE HOOF, FORE/HIND LEG, DETERMINING A HORSE’S AGE, FLOATING TEETH & EXTRACTING WOLF TEETH, DENTAL EXAMINATION, REMOVING & REPLACING A SHOE, TRIMMING A HOOF, IMPRINTING/TRAINING FOR SHOEING/TRIMMING
