• Horsemanship
• The Buddy System
• Customized Training
  
  

Using this method, and "asking" instead of "making" creates BRAVE AND HONEST horses!

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• CLICK HERE to read "What is Natural Horsemanship" written by Andrea, Oct 2006.

A few comments from our training clients....

WE DON'T JUST HELP HORSES! WE CAN ALSO TEACH HUMANS.....

Wellborn QH teaches Horsemanship. It doesn't matter if you are young or old, ride English or Western, a beginner or a professional. Everyone can learn "horse-man-ship" and begin to think like a horse. We have safe lesson horses like Dancer pictured here. He is a 22 year-old Quarter Horse gelding, a son of Mito Commander. Worth his weight in platinum (1400 pounds!).

Wellborn Quarter Horses is proud to introduce its training program called THE BUDDY SYSTEM.

It is based upon the teachings and learnings of horsemen such as Ray Hunt, Tom Dorrance, Wayne Perkins, John Harms, Jack Hennig, Jessica Jahiel, and Pat Parelli, among others. Links to the web sites for all these horsemen may be found HERE.

• Ray Hunt says: "I'd like help the human understand how much less he can use and how much more he can get done. The human is so busy working on the horse, that he doesn't allow the horse to learn. They need to quit working on the horse and start working on themselves. They might get it done, but they don't get it done with the horse in the right frame of mind. The horse usually gets the job done in spite of us, not because of us. " …and "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."
• John Harms says: "Don't just learn the tricks of the trade, LEARN THE TRADE" and "Fear gets a REACTION, respect gets a RESPONSE"
• Tom Dorrance says: "A person needs to learn to try to get there early---BEFORE it happens." And…"Now when the whole horse is together, he will feel good to you, I am sure. All we are trying to do is fix these things up to where he can find them; then it's the horse's idea. But that is a little easier said than done.
• Wayne Perkins says: When you PUSH you WIN, when you PULL you LOSE.
• Pat Parelli says: "By studying how horses communicate in their natural herd environment, Pat identified seven games* which horses use to establish friendship and dominance. When a human learns this 'language' with horses, the changes are phenomenal. By having a system that is completely customizable to meet individuals' desires, needs and goals, students quickly experience the results they're hoping for; a calmer, smarter, braver and more athletic horse, and a relationship based on communication, trust and respect."
• Joe Schomburg says: "When it comes to horses, if you do not believe in yourself, wait until you do".

CLIENTS HAVE ASKED "DO YOU PUT ON CUSTOMIZED WORKSHOPS FOR SMALL GROUPS OR COUPLES?"

YES, WE DO. These programs are tailored to reflect your specific needs, and those of your horse(s). If you do not have a horse, we have plenty here!

NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT CERTIFIED ENDORSED PARELLI INSTRUCTORS. We do, however, host many Parelli Professionals at our facility, and are pleased with the support this program offers to students in the foundation training of their horses.

In fact, we are more than pleased. Nowhere else can a horse and their person find the resources that we offer under one “roof” for continued growth and training with their equine partner.

We offer a unique blend of Natural Horsemanship Training (for your horse), private lessons (for you) and Clinics (for both of you).

The Training: Many people find that they need initial help with their horse, in order to obtain full value from any clinic investment. In these instances, we can take your horse for a month or longer, and our monthly training fee includes one private lesson per week for you.

Quite a few people have trouble loading their horse in a trailer and consequently cannot get here for training, lessons or clinics. We offer mobile “trailer loading training” and we have a special trailer to accomplish this. These mobile training sessions should be booked well in advance.

Other people feel they are nicely along with their horse, and prefer private lessons each week with their horse(s) or ours. Private lessons are all within the framework of Natural Horsemanship (to see Andrea’s article about this CLICK HERE) and include groundwork as well as english and western horsemanship and riding: dressage, jumping, roping, reining, and trail riding.

Finally, the group format clinics we offer are not restricted to “ our training methods” as you would find at most other training facilities. We take pride in offering a myriad of instructors in order to bring you the widest variety of clinics.

These instructors have been carefully chosen for their teaching abilities, outstanding horsemanship and vast knowledge within their areas of expertise. These superb clinicians and descriptions of their clinic offerings are listed on our Clinics page, as well as comments about our clinics.

I call them “our” clinics since we plan, prepare, and coordinate each clinic as if it were a Broadway production, from the food, to the arena footing, to the overnight accommodations for the equine and human participants. Our clinics are simply THE BEST.

In summary, we tailor YOUR training for your needs and your horse’s needs, plus we are always available to answer your questions via email and phone long after you and your horse have gone home.