Training ~ The Natural Way
We feel that it is extremely important to establish good ground working skills and gain respect from your horse before you attempt to ride.
- Requires a two month minimum and ground work is a foundation skill of this type of training. These training services are to teach the horse first…after the horse progresses; a separate training lesson is suggested for the owner. These lessons will help teach the owner of the horse how to continue with the training and techniques that were achieved at County Line Stables. This instruction allows the owner to be able to follow through with the horses’ education at home. * It makes no sense to teach a horse how to do something if the owner doesn’t understand how to ask properly for what the horse was taught. These techniques are a necessity for the young/green horse and can also be a benefit to the older horse that has never been taught to behave or respect the human handler on the ground or in the saddle.
Please call for pricing, as it is based on each horse’s individual training needs.
Coppola’s Horsemanship Training Services and Options
- Halter Training: catching, haltering and leading with respect
- Trailer Loading: Sometimes the hardest part about owning a horse is getting it into a trailer, we can teach your horse to load safely, consistently and be comfortable in the trailer. This is taught through respect without treats, being coerced or forced into loading.
- Tying to trailer or cross ties
- Application of fly sprays, masks etc..
- Round Pen Work: communication, basic skills and learning cues from body language
- Colt Starting ~ Desensitizing: flags, tarps, load noises, farm machinery, various farm animals such as dogs, ponies, cows, goats etc…
- Gentle breaking to saddle: bending, flexing, one rein stops, hindquarter, front quarter engagement and disengagement.
- Patience Training: hobble training, learning to straight tie or stand in cross-ties patiently and for an extended length of time. Standing for mounting/ dismounting; tacking/un-tacking. Learning to stand still while being handheld or under saddle when asked….this is a must to anyone who shows
- Grooming/ Clipper training: teaching young horse to accept being handled safely and groomed using various types of grooming equipment, including being washed and clipped.
- Blanket/Boot Training: teaching the horse to have a blanket put on and off and to deal with something being tied under the legs and belly, applying polo wraps, shipping boots, bandages, bell boots, splint/galloping boots, or sport boots
- Farrier/Vet training: teaching how to pick up feet without kicking or resistancee to make picking the feet and farrier work easier, learning to standing still and well behaved for farrier or vet.
- Obstacle Training ~ trail class: teaching the horse to perform many different techniques as required in competitive trail classes and extreme cowboy challenges.
- · Crossing water · Free Jumping · Trail riding · Backing · Spook control ·Lateral Flexion ·Roping ·cow work
Coppola’s Horsemanship Lessons
Lessons are currently only offered to people who have a horse boarded with us, a horse in training with us or that wish to truck a horse in for a lesson.
Learning Horsemanship skills …
We offer Horsemanship lessons for individuals to better understand natural horse behavior; these lessons are offered for the beginner rider but are also suitable to the more seasoned rider. The skills learned will benefit any discipline. Obstacle training is also available.
Appointments are necessary. Please call us at (518) 842-2978 to schedule your lesson .
County Line Stables is a smoke free, alcohol free and drug free environment. We reserve the right to refuse any potential rider.