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**Please when you are asking questions include: your horse handling experience, your horse's training level, horse's age, horse's breed and horse's enviroment.** I am able to answer questions that are related to the following subjects: • Difficult or behavior problems • Fitting and preparing halter horses • Dressing properly for horse shows (AQHA, APHA, 4H) • Grooming, clipping and horse appearance for horse shows • Rodeo queen pageants • Ground work and lunging • Fear in both riders and horses • Western pleasure and English pleasure • Trailer loading. ---- My methods and advice are my opinions and may differ from others. I am human and make mistakes but I try my hardest to answer with honesty from what I know and I am trying to help the best way I can.

Experience in the area

I specialize in ground work and halter training from initial halter breaking, fitting and the finished horse. I also ride in western and english classes and can answer english and western questions. I am able to help people with riding lessons, horse troubles and showing. I also help children in 4H.

Organizations

I belong to AQHA, APHA, PtHA

Education/Credentials

I have owned, bred, shown and trained quality Quarter and Paint horses for 15 plus years. I have been successful in halter, showmanship, western pleasure, horsemanship, hunter under saddle, English equitation, trail, reining and rodeo queen pageants. I have shown AQHA and APHA for 15 years.

Awards and Honors

I have Superiors, Register of Merits, Grands and Reserves in AQHA and APHA.

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Sarah08/24/11101010Hey thanks again! I love the sound .....
Sarah07/23/11101010Thanks so much!
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Sarah07/01/11101010Thanks so much for your help! Snippers .....
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Recent Answers from Sunny

2011-08-23 Stopping The Bite:

Hello again! I am soo happy that things are going well for all of you! You are doing very well with training and you should be proud of yourself too. Good Job! You just need to be very firm with him. I

2011-07-22 Mini Horse Training:

Hello!!    Well I don't like to use a chain on a horse of any size unless they are being dangerous. From what you are telling me they are not being dangerous just stubborn. The rope idea I gave you is

2011-07-21 Mini Horse Training:

Hello again and thanks for your question. I would like to start to ask you to measure your little friends. From the picture you sent me of Toughy he looks more like a shetland or pony rather then a mini

2011-07-17 Mini Horse info:

Hello and thanks for your question! I would suggest that you wait until Lady is a least 2 years old or even 2 1/2 years old. That way she has reached full maturity and is able to support a rider (a rider

2011-07-14 Miniature Horse Groundwork:

Hello again and thanks for your question. Well halter classes are mostly based on a horse's confirmation to a breed standard, not on how they handle or patterns. The judge is looking for the best put together

 

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