PRACTICAL HORSEMANSHIP-Courses

GROUND SKILLS, LEADING AND LOADING
Description: Learn ground skills and exercises to help you deal with the tricky loader and correct any ground handling issues you have with your horse.
Price: £180	Duration: 2 days

VET CARE AND STABLE MANAGEMENT
Description: Learn vital emergency first aid procedures for your horse (taught by qualified vet nurse), day to day stable management, nutrition, basic saddle fitting, alternative therapies etc.
Price: £180	Duration: 2 days

Practical Horsemanship: Advanced level
To complete the Practical Horsemanship Advanced Level students need to attend the following courses and on acceptance complete an exam weekend with Dan & Grant:

DEALING WITH THE SPOOKY HORSE
Description: Desensitising your horse to the modern world including halter skills, psychological theory, teaching your horse fun skills etc.
Price: £180	Duration: 2 days

TRAINING THE REMEDIAL RIDDEN AND PREPARATION OF THE STARTER
Description: Learn techniques to prepare the young horse for starting and how to cure every day ridden problems including bucking, napping, rearing, bolting etc. Learn riding techniques for these problems from the boys that have made this type of riding an art form.
Price: £250	Duration: 3 days

PREPARING YOU HORSE FOR THE ROADS
Description: Desensitising your horse for the most dangerous environment, basic road law referring to horses and safety. Learn how to prepare your horse for the roads and outside world including safety procedures, spook busting, introducing the young/remedial horse to traffic in a safe way and reintroducing the remedial horse to the traffic environment. Practical methods to keep you and your horse as safe as possible.
Price: £180	Duration: 2 days

HANDLING THE UNTOUCHED HORSE
Description: : Learn body language and skills to handle the untouched horse including first halter, early leading, safety procedures, and general handling of both the foal and the wild horse.
Price: £250	Duration: 3 days

PREPARATION FOR THE FARRIER AND VET

Description: Preparing your horse for the visit of the vet and farrier including halter work, feet handling skills etc.

Price: £180

Duration: 2 days

ADVANCED LOADING AND TRAVEL

Description: Learn how to load the most tricky of loaders using various non-violent techniques, safety, road law, horse psychology relating to travel etc.

Price: £180

Duration: 2 days

Practical Horsemanship: Practicing Professional Level
To become a Practical Horsemanship Practising Professional students must have completed both levels including the examination and then undertake an extensive internship with Dan & Grant working closely alongside them both on a day to day basis. Length of internship to be decided by Dan & Grant in respect of each individual. Upon completion of the internship successful candidates will receive Dan & Grants full backing, support and be recommended for work in the individual’s chosen area.

Our current Practical Horsemanship Practicing Professionals are Dani and Mike O'Brien.