MONTHLY TRAINING
AVAILABILITY - This
training is available for a minimum of 30 days at Lynn's Fletcher
Mountain Stable in Bingham, ME. Each horse is provided with a box
stall at night and during inclement weather. The remainder of the
time, each horse has its own 50' x 60' paddock which is fenced 5 1/2'
high with 3 rows of 2" x 8" plank. Horses in for training
are never turned out with other horses.
CURRICULUM - While your horse is
with Lynn, it will be worked 5-6 days per week. The training
curriculum will be decided by Lynn and the owner together and will be
written into the contract. The owner/rider is encouraged to spend as
much time with Lynn as possible in order to see and learn how their
horse is being trained. It is understood that due to the distance an
owner might have to travel to visit, frequent visits may not be
possible. If this is the case, Lynn expects that the owner plan on
spending at least 1/2 day with her and the horse when the horse is
picked up to return home.
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES -
The major advantage of this type of training is that the horse is
worked very consistently. When this consistency is possible, the
training will generally progress much faster that when training is
done at more infrequent intervals such as an hour or two per week.
Overall, this is generally the most cost affective method of training
if the horse needs more than a couple of small problems addressed. The
major disadvantage of this type of training is that your horse is away
from home. For various reasons, some people are not comfortable with
their horse being any place but with them. It may also be that some
owners find it easier financially to budget smaller amounts of money
over a longer period of time in order to have their horse trained. In
this case, hourly training may be more appealing.
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HOURLY TRAINING
AVAILABILITY - This
training is available at Lynn's Fletcher Mountain Stable as well as at
your home or boarding barn. Arrangements can also be made for owners
to trailer their horse into one of several facilities where Lynn
trains in Maine or Massachusetts. Horses brought into one of these
facilities will be charged a use fee by the facility (except for
Fletcher Mountain Stable) in addition to Lynn's training fee.
CURRICULUM - This method allows
for specific training goals to be met with a lot of involvement from
the owner. Lynn will spend time teaching both horse and owner specific
lessons. The owner then works with the horse until he/she feels ready
to go on to the next step, at which time Lynn returns for another
lesson. Lessons may be scheduled for one or more hours.
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES -
With this type of training, the owner is able to keep the horse at
home and is able to work with the horse anytime they have a few
minutes of time. It also allows for individual control of training
expenses over what ever period of time the owner desires. This is also
an ideal way to solve just a few problems that you may be having with
your horse. Every horse and owner do not require a month or more of
training to reach their training goals. The biggest disadvantage to
this type of training is that if the horse and owner need a lot of
training, such as a horse who is just being started, or a horse who
has major behavioral problems, the amount of time needed to reach the
goal is usually longer than if the horse were sent to Lynn for a month
or more of training. Frequently it ends up costing more to reach the
same end result.
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