In addition to personal instruction for you and your horse, Julie offers full and part time training for your horse at MMR, emphasizing communicative and stress-free methods of working naturally with the horse.

Whether you have a young horse that needs to be started, a horse showing behavioral problems or a horse that just needs a tune-up, Julie can help your horse through the learning process in a safe and understanding way.

Full TimeHorse Training:includes four 1+ hour training sessions with your horse per week*

Part Time Horse Training: includes two 1+ hour training sessions with your horse per week*

* If you are interested in bringing your horse in for training, please call Julie to discuss prices and what plan would work best for you and your horse.

Training Basics

No matter where each horse is in their training, Julie has learned to start from the beginning with each one. Some of those basics include making sure the horse understands:

    •to back softly on request
    •to lead safely and quietly
    •to yield to its handler forward, backwards, sideways, up and down
    •to allow its feet, head, ears and all other parts to be handled safely
    •to pay attention to its handler rather than other horses or activities
    •to follow the requests of its handler softly and consistently

Here Julie is working with a student to teach her young horse to back softly from her command

 

Training Issues

Many horses that have been ridden for years, often have issues that cause problems for their riders. Others have never been "started" and just need to be introduced to the world of human's riding them.

"Most issues tend to come from a lack of understanding of what humans want. Once a horse understands our requests, they are more than happy to comply." -Julie

Julie has spent years learning to read what each horse is afraid of and why. And, she simply works with them to improve their understanding of our requests. When necessary, she breaks down each request to "baby steps" that the horse can perform successfully. Then she builds on that.

Julie's Four Rules of Training

Julie works with all types of horses, no matter where they are at in their training. She starts where they are and builds their understanding from there. Her "Horsemanship from the Heart" approach is extremely successful in helping horses work through issues and become happier partners**.

** While Julie's "Horsemanship from the Heart" approach produces great results for both horse and rider, it is not always quick, and it is never finished. Those owners who want a perfect push-button horse in 30, 60 or 90 days, without learning anything themselves, should not expect to be successful.

Julie Carpenter works with Patches, a 24-year old quarter horse, sent to her for a Spring tune-up. Well known bio-mechanics expert, Dr. Deb Bennett, dropped in and snapped this photo of him "100% on the bit," according to Dr. Deb. Translation: He is working in true collection.

Your Role

Many horse owners have Julie work with their horses to help them get to a certain point in their training. But eventually owners need to understand and be able to carry on the communication Julie teaches each horse. This is why Julie highly encourages each owner to come and watch her work with their horses.

Owners may sit in on and ask questions during any training session with their horse. They also often opt to have a private lesson with Julie or participate in a clinic with their horse to make sure they understand and can perform the skills needed to continue building a solid partnership with their horse.

Owners who truly want what is best for their horse, understand that they play the biggest role in their horse-human partnership. They also realize that this partnership is a never-ending progression. Both horse and human levels of understanding are continually evolving. That's part of the fun of horsemanship!

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