Max spends his time travelling to the yards
and homes of owners/riders, where he works with them and their horses.
It took a while to work out that Max working with the problem horse was
only half of the cure, the other half was the work that had to be put in
with the owner/rider.
How it works, is Max will come to your home, (it is always Max that
comes) and teach you to the best of your ability all the work involved
to work the horse through the problems that you are having. He will
spend 3-4 hours with you and your horse, its not about working your
horse into the ground but spending time with you to make sure that when
he leaves you are at least 99% confident that you can carry out the work
once he has gone.
(You do not need a round pen, just somewhere safe to work, if you only
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Shoeing
In this past year Max has gone out to a number of shoeing problems, all
with great success. Max will spend the first couple of hours training
your horse to understand pressure and release and to cope with having
feet handled and legs help in position. (Max has written a few accounts
in his section of the forum) then at an agreed time your farrier will
turn up and work with Max and yourself to give your horse/pony the best
possible experience.
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Pre-backing
The best possible start you can give your young horse is to have lots of
pre-backing training in place. All of these exercises are preventative
so that you don’t run into problems. They will also help the backing
process be just another day rather than the big event it can be. Even if
you are planning to send your youngster away to be backed these
exercises will make the job so much easier and should reduce the length
of their stay.
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Ground training
Wouldn’t you love to be able to long-line and ground train with ease and
confidence? Learning these skills is money in the bank as what you learn
with one horse can be transferred to another.
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Cross country
Are you having problems with water, ditches or any other kind of fence?
A half day session will see amazing transformations. You would hire a
local cross country course and Max would then train your horse from the
ground over these fences before getting you back on board. We have had
great success and the vast majority of horses have gone to be win and be
placed at events and hunter trials.
Loading Consultations
One of the most common problems is loading, there is nothing more
frustrating than getting ready for that trip out and your horse not
loading. Max will work with you and your horse together.
Max will get him loading and then he hands over to you and coaches you
through some sticky patches so that if you come out the next day and
your horse tries you out you know exactly how to handle it.
We guarantee the loading for three months providing you have carried out
the instructions left with you. If within those three months your horse
stops loading then Max will come back out to you for diesel cost only. |
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Just a bit of food for thought, we
received a letter last week from some clients that had a loading
problem, basically the horse went down with colic and they had to rush
him to the vets, can you imagine if they hadn't sorted that loading
problem out!! |
Travelling problems
Max has been working with bad travellers over the last few years and
most have been successful, however we are not able to guarantee the work
unlike bad loaders. If you would like to discuss this in more detail
please call Nikki and she will talk you through the process.
Handling Consultations
This covers everything from correct foal handling, shoeing problems,
improving in-hand work for showing and the horse that doesn't have any
manners on the ground. Most handling problems can be sorted out with one
visit but this will vary depending on the severity of the problem, Max
will assess the horse on the day then advise you accordingly.
This isn't just about having a polite horse, its about being safe and
knowing that if you are walking down the road and a big truck comes
hurtling towards you, you and your horse will be safe.
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Ridden
Consultations
Are you having difficulties with your ridden work, Max can help with
basic schooling problems, to more severe problems such as napping,
rearing, bucking and mounting problems. Most ridden problems will
improve after one visit but we recommend a follow up visit if you want
to get the best out of your horse, Max will assess your horse on the day
and advise you accordingly.
Max has many clients that have seen their competitive performances
really improve it is not uncommon for the office to receive a call after
a visit to say they have won their first competition.
Learning Days
Learning days are for a small group of people, maximum of 4 people with
horses and a maximum of 20 spectators.
These days are meant to be fun and informal to teach you new skills or
improve on the ones you already have, the day is your own personalized
demo and you can choose whether you want to do ground work or ridden or
a mix of both, these days however are not for problem horses, there
isn't enough time to do this properly, a one to one would be needed for
problems.
Feedback from Paula Cox's learning day
Yorkshire
"Things were explained in English.......(easy terminology) Max took
his time to explain everything thoroughly & made sure I understood it
Max made impulsion seem easy Over 3 days he totally transformed my horse
Wow.......what a clinic. I cant put into words how impressed I am!!"
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