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| Going on a Horseback Riding Adventure Vacation? We get calls from people who are going on vacation to Wyoming, Montana, Mexico or Africa on a horse back riding vacation. Unfortunately a lot of the calls come after the vacation didn't turn out the way they planned. Last year we had a couple that came to us. They were both attorneys and in the spring of 2004 the wife had gone on a cattle drive at a dude ranch in Wyoming. She had a little riding experience, and she was looking forward to a nice relaxing vacation. Instead she had a terrible time. She was incredibly sore, fought with the horse the whole time and ended up falling off and breaking her arm and had to cut her trip short. She decided to try again in 2005, but this time she wanted to bring her husband (who had never ridden before) and she wanted to be prepared. Four months before her trip they started coming out when ever they could spare the time out of their very busy schedules. First to take lessons, and then when they were skilled enough, to rent our horses by the hour to get saddle time and work muscles that would be needed on the trip. They took their vacation and our instructor Mike Aldridge called to see how it went. The wife said that they both had the most wonderful time. She said that they had no problem with their horses thanks to the lessons they took and they weren't sore at all because of all the practice time they got in before they left. No one got hurt and they were able to relax and just enjoy the peaceful quiet and beautiful scenery. Now that's what we call a vacation! |
| Need more time to practice? You wouldn't take piano lessons once a week and then not practice! After our students have taken approximately 10 lessons and we feel that they are competent enough to ride without supervision we will rent out our horses for private practice on the facilities for $30 per hour. On approval by instructor. Based on availability, horses must be booked in advance. Partial Lease also available (click here) Sorry, we do not rent our horses to the general public at this time. Renting most "Rental Line" horses by the hour is such a dangerous activity that there is no insurance that will cover this anymore. Horseback riding is the third most dangerous sport in the world and most people who have to have a minimum of 52 hours of instruction to go rock climbing will not even consider taking a few lessons to learn how to ride before renting a strange horse. Think about it, a rock does not think or move on it's own. Unfortunately most people end up having a lot of problems because of three lies that have been told to many of us when we first got on a horse. Just saddle a horse and get on it. Kick him to go. Pull the reins to stop. It is a guarantee that if you just saddle a horse and get on without any prior and proper preparation, you won't get any extraordinary results, except possibly hurt badly. Here is a passage by Audrey Pavia, Author of Horses For Dummies and the Former Editor of Horse Illustrated. "Nightmare experiences in rental stables Most rental stables offer nothing in the way of instruction and plenty in the way of potential disaster. Stay away from them while trying to acquire basic horsemanship skills. Rental stables are places where you can rent a horse in increments of one hour and take the horse out on a trail ride, usually with a group. Instead of offering riding lessons, these facilities stick you up on a horse and send you on your way. Although you can find a few good rental stables, they are few and far between. At most rental stables, the horses are poorly treated and make terrible mounts. Because they're ridden day in and day out by people who don't even know the basics of riding, they lose whatever training they may have had when they first came to the place. The end result are horses who are uncooperative and sometimes even dangerous. The sad truth is that most first riding experiences occur at these kinds of stables. Consequently, most first riding experiences are unpleasant ones. Ask your non-horsy friends about the first time they ever rode a horse, and you'll see what we mean. Tales of horses trying to rub riders off on trees, horses rolling on the ground with the riders still in the saddle, horses running back to barn while riders hold on for dear life - these are all common rental stable stories." Audrey Pavia and Janice Posnikoff, D.V.M. Horses For Dummies. Foster City, CA UP, 1999 Published by IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. M-Bar-K Farms highly recommends this book for reading to our students. |
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We work very hard to train our horses
It really shows when you ride a horse
that is willing to work with you. Easy
going and gentle.
It really shows when you ride a horse
that is willing to work with you. Easy
going and gentle.
Why are our horses so well
behaved?
You would never let an untrained
driver drive your car. We feel the
same way about letting untrained
riders ride our horses.
Unintentional mishandling and
mixed signals cause horses to
develop sour attitudes. We want
our horses to enjoy working with
people. By taking time to learn
how to properly communicate
with the horse you set yourself
up for a much more enjoyable
experience.
behaved?
You would never let an untrained
driver drive your car. We feel the
same way about letting untrained
riders ride our horses.
Unintentional mishandling and
mixed signals cause horses to
develop sour attitudes. We want
our horses to enjoy working with
people. By taking time to learn
how to properly communicate
with the horse you set yourself
up for a much more enjoyable
experience.
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