IN SEARCH OF A TRAINER FOR YOUR HORSE?

Finding a capable trainer is what we want!!!
Before we consider the monetary investment, the horse’s future, health and well being is our utmost concern.
Suggestions for finding a qualified trainer: You should begin by asking other owners and breeders opinion on trainers. Your questions might include; the trainers credentials, his history, his repor with horses, his experience, and his knowledge of the breed (and his formal training as a trainer).
A trainer’s history is important because you need to know if he respects and handles horses as a gentle master. You want to make sure he takes care in his training to take the horse safely through the stages of training. Does the trainer have a history of using quality feed and keeping the horses in good physical condition?
A good rider does not qualify as person to be a good trainer. People make the mistake of sending their horse to a person they have observed being a good rider, but has little ability, credentials or training skills to train your horse. A good rider is by far easier to achieve than that of being a good trainer.

CREDIBILITY, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ARE PARAMOUNT I personally started with the best of the best, Mr. Rick Daniels. Rick Daniels trained with the traditional Peruvian training and used his natural horsemanship to enhance their methods. He has been retired from training for a long time. Through the years I have made quite a journey in my quest for another superior trainer. I learned some serious lessons for me and my horses. So I thought I would share some things I thought might be interesting to others.

Traditional Peruvian trainers are becoming a rare breed. To become a true traditional trainer it takes years of training, discipline, and sacrifice on his part to achieve this status. There are few maestro trainers. Not widely known, is to achieve this status as a maestro trainer, only a recognized old maestro master may declare a person to the coveted status. You can ask the trainer when, where, and from whom their trainer achieved this status from. It is an interesting process and a topic of discussion.
Many zealous owners/breeders advertise their resident trainer as maestro or master trainers.
The trainers experience is essential. The more expertise the trainer, the less injuries and problems you and your horse will have to deal with.
The training of your horse can be a wonderful experience for your horse and for you. Choose a trainer that will make it so. The good trainers spend hours with the horses on a one to one basis. These trainers probably know your horses better than you may know them. Ask the trainer about bloodlines, their strengths, weaknesses, and the good and bad traits of the bloodline your are interested in. Many people are able to talk bloodlines, but are they knowledgeable?
When an owner and trainer share the same ideas of the finished product, philosophy of how to get there, expectations for the horses, the love of the Peruvian horse; exciting things happen.
Give us a call. Hope to see you this summer!