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More of Your Trainer?
So I'm curious...what do you think is more important about a trainer? Affordability? Win Record? What's more important to you?
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on
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The most important thing for any trainer of any horse of any breed at any level of any discipline is the training methods he/she uses. If they are even slightly abusive, nothing else matters at all.
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Permalink Reply by Heidi Jay on
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I see where you're coming from-anybody that's abusive you don't see as a trainer at all! I totally agree! :)
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Permalink Reply by IrishRider on
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Affordability is definitely a must for me. But, the best thing is when a trainer can instill confidence in her students that makes them love, ad want to learn more about riding and horse ownership.
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Communication is huge. Being able to adapt your teaching style to each student is also a great attribute to have.
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Permalink Reply by Anni on
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My trainer understands how I learn, and why I struggle with what I do. She shares my training ideology and is someone that I greatly respect and continue to want to learn from, in the saddle and on the ground. She is also someone who pushes me to do more, and gives me the base and confidence to succeed. Affordability is a plus, and she is affordable, but I would pay a bit more if I had to.
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I promise I won't tell your trainer that she can charge you more! ;) (Just kidding! :) But it's her affordablity that makes possible to maintain a constant training regime?
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Yes, definitely. It enables me to be able to add extra lessons (sometimes too often!) because she has certain hours that are discounted as well as discounted packages.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Dennis on
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I think the most important thing in a trainer is that when you see them work with the horses they train, you like what you see..you see the horses responding in a way that will bring success to the work asked of them, and that the trainer is clear and empathetic to the horse, but also not afraid to challenge them to move up to harder things in a way that enables them to succeed. The trainer must be one that has come up through a system that is proven; and is not here there and everywhere. The trainer must be someone who themselves has been coached by great or good coaches; and still takes clinics or some help on occaission from those with even more accomplishments than themselves. We never outgrow the need to learn from those more accomplished, and even Olympians have coaches. Someone who is humble yet confident and can break down the issues into explainable and visual steps to guide you and your horse along. Money is not as important. If they are the right trainer, fewer lessons with the right trainer is more important than lots with the wrong one. AND they must be interested in you as a student, not just he clients with lots more money and nicer horses.
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Permalink Reply by Kerri Morden-Marsolais on
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That is very well said....my husband has been training horses for over 40 years and the one thing he is always telling his clients is that, "You never stop learning". Every horse that comes to our farm teaches him something and he's always looking forward to what that something is. He has ridden with Hunter/Jumper champions, Roping champions and trained champion racehorses.....very diverse. He always felt that to be a good trainer you need to know as much as possible, including proper shoeing etc. I enjoy watching him train and watching him relate to each horse and adjust his methods to the way that horse learns. I enjoy watching him work with other trainers or watch other trainers as he is like a sponge, absorbing everything they do...analyzing what works and what doesn't.
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I WISH I knew more about the feet and shoeing. I know the basic stuff we all learn watching the farriers work on our horses and keep them sound and happy; but there is so much more going on now since I took my horse hiatus for the last 15 years - so much as changed and new ideas everywhere. Would love to know more for the sake of the horses I ride or care for.
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