Our Training Program:
Rusty Butler has over 15+ years experience starting horses under saddle and training horses in many disciplines. He does not believe in whips, crops, or any other submissive devices are needed to train a horse properly. Rusty strives to teach the horse confidence and respect to make a relationship between both horse and rider one that has been formed in a steady consistent manner.
All horses are started out in a roundpen with the use of a lariat rope. Once our training horses are under saddle they are started in a sidepull, NOT a bit, so that they can learn to direct off of nose pressure and not have to concentrate on a saddle, rider, and a bit all at one time!
**We can transport your horse to and from our farm for training**
Rusty Butler specializes in:
- Problem/abused horses
- starting horses under saddle
- horses with bad ground manners
- horses with trailer loading issues
- horses with farrier problems
- spooky horses
- horses ready to move into a new discipline, have not been ridden and need a refresher, those that need to learn to trail ride, rope, barrel race, western pleasure, or just pleasure ride!
Our Training Process:
All horses are given a day to settle into the look and feel of our property and to be at ease. Once horse is comfortable our trainer will begin work in the specified field of owner's interested. Due to the fact that we DO NOT push our training horses, some horses may learn slower than others. Please note any horses that have had very abusive pasts may take longer to gain confidence and retain training. Our training horses are worked with six days a week with one day off. We also do not cancel training due to rain unless it poses a hazard to the horse. Each horse is evaluated at the beginning and end of a 30 day training period. Once evaluation is complete our trainer will call and discuss further options for the horse, whether it be time to send the horse home to a client or add another 30 days.
Fees: 50% of training fee required at the start of training, 50% at the end of each month of training.
Starting under saddle:
First 30 days: $500
Additional 30 days: $400
Finishing:
First 30 days: $500
Additional 30 days: $400
Roping:
First 30 days: $600
Additional 30 days: $500
Barrel racing:
First 30 days: $600
Additional 30 days: $500
Trail riding:
First 30 days: $500
Additional 30 days: $400
Ground Manners/trailer loading/handling issues etc:
First 30 days: $500
Additional 30 days:400
**Please ask us about our discounts if you provide your own feed and hay. Prices listed above include triple crown grain and hay provided 2x daily, personal paddock cleaned every other day, and ample amounts of water**
Requirements:
All horses must be current on shots, have an up to date coggins, and must have been wormed BEFORE coming to us for training. A photocopy of your coggins MUST accompany the horse to our farm. Owners must provide halter and lead to be sent with horse. Owners please note any horses being sent in for barrel racing/ roping etc must be in optimum health due to high level of conditioning and will more than likely need more than 30 days training.
Booking:
We keep a waiting list due to only a small amount of openings each month. We charge a $30 NON refundable booking fee ( removed from your training price) to hold your training date. Please send us an email or call the numbers listed in the contacts page to talk to our trainer or barn manager today!
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