How To Make Success As A Horse Trainer

[Welshies]

you don't need someone to take pictures or video for you. get a cheap tripod, even one of the wrap-around legs that you can attach to a fence railing. Or get a go-pro and put it on your riding helmet is better than nothing.

you will spend a bit of time cutting and editing but it's a small investment in the overall picture. you can also set most digital cameras to take photos at a set interval. Again, you'll be deleting more pictures than you keep but it's easier than trying to get a novice to take good photos of you working.

My boyfriend can take pictures of me. GoPros are $600.
I have a soloshot but it is outdoor not indoor use.

 

[Welshies]

So, I updated it a bit. I added groundwork to my list of programs.
HOWEVER
You guys are saying I should focus on something...

I think you might have more credibility if you specialize in one or two things, instead of selling yourself as someone who can train any horse to do anything. For instance, I really don't believe you have skills I'd want to pay for for English training. Your pictures are primarily gaming, so If I were you I might focus on that, and starting young horses in the basics. People generally feel better about someone who is a specialist in one or two things, not someone who claims to be able to do it all (whether you can or not).

Why should i be focusing on something? My biggest reasoning for including all disciplines was that I love English but don't have an English horse right now nor the money to invest in one- so I thought why not enjoy it with others' horses? Out here "gaming" is gymkhana. I rodeo and gymkhana.
I adjusted my programs. Finishing is western only, with a specialization in rodeo and gymkhana. Starting, problem horses, and restarting includes both disciplines.
Why?
There's only 2 other notable horse trainers in this area. Both are Western riders. My niche of English riders could put me ahead. I love English too much to focus only on Western...
I'll be adding more riding and training pictures by the end of this week. Primarily bridleless, english, groundwork, and western.

 

[Welshies]

Sorry, my apologies!

Oh, totally OK. I'm a photographer as well so easy mistake.

 

[casportpony]

How much English riding experience do you have?

 

[Welshies]

How much English riding experience do you have?

I have been english riding for just over 4 years now. Recieved a year of instruction under the most renowned trainer in the area. Did a couple english clinics. Jumped up to four feet at home as well as currently, I am starting my own filly to be my english mare.

 

[Welshies]

Okay... so here's the screenshot of my new program descriptions...

 

[casportpony]

What's the tallest course you have jumped at a show?

 

[casportpony]

I'm asking all of these questions about English because I'm trying to figure out what level you are at. if you can start an athletic horse that moves really well, then take it to a local show and place in the top two in every class with more than five riders then I would say it's probably okay to advertise English training.

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[Welshies]

What's the tallest course you have jumped at a show?

I have not shown. Only clinics and lessons. Long, really sad story.
My current filly will start to compete in english this year. I have not shown her yet.
I changed my advertising from starting english horses as shown above. I will only offer finishing for english horses and restarting for english horses. The restarting is going to be key for people that want to switch disciplines.
Update: I just made $400! Got 2 bookings for 2 mares in April.

 

[casportpony]

Congrats on the bookings? Can you finish an English horse?
If I were going to send a horse off for English or Western training I would want to know that the trainer was capable of teaching smooth transitions between all gaits and the halt (halt to canter, canter to halt, canter to trot, canter to walk, etc), counter canter, simple changes, flying changes, leg yield, shoulder in, haunches in, turn on the forehand, turn on the haunches, and rein back.