HART'S HORSEMANSHIP SERVICES

Although Hart's Horsemanship is based in Devon, I travel and work all over the UK and I am happy to disscuss agrangements for working overseas if required.

If you would find it easier and more convenient to pay for any Hart's Horsemanship services using your debit or credit card this can now be arranged. Please send an email requesting payment be made in this way and we can arrange for you to pay securely online through Pay Pal, you do not even have to have a pay pal account to use this facility.

Home-visits

A visit to you and your horse in your own environment, designed to create an individual programme to help with problems or create a plan for young or new horses. The visit includes a detailed questionnaire of past history and current situation, assessment of equine temperament and human personality compatibility. Observation of owner and horse together. Work with your horse. Assessment of the causes of problems and individual learning styles of the equine. Individual plan for owner and horse to follow after the visit. And back up support following visit, via email or phone call. The Aim of a visit is to provide a away forward by developing the confidence in the owner to solve their own problems.b

The visit lasts up to 4 hours. Cost £160 plus travelling costs. If there are two visits in same area or yard, travelling cost can be split between clients. Where you require a visit to last longer than 4 hours the charge is £160 plus £35 per hour.

In the majority of cases, only one home visit is required to assess the situation and create a new programme of training. Follow up visits are at the request of the client, according to their progress and training developments.

Workshops

Workshops provide the opportunity to spend time learning theory and practical aspects of horsemanship, as well as meeting like minded people. Each workshop is structured to provide a balance between learning human and equine behaviour.

Workshop 1. Working with equine behaviour workshop
Workshop 2. More behaviour solving problems and developing feel
Workshop 3. The Art and science of horsemanship

Each two-day workshop has a structure that allows the participants to direct some of the course content according to their individual needs. Each session is unique as the involvement of people and different horses creates different learning each time.

Workshops are held at suitable locations throughout the country and numbers on each workshop are limited to 12 people and 5 horses. There is no disadvantage if you do not bring a horse. A balance of 50/50 theory and practical is attempted on each day of the workshop.

Cost per person £140 for two days tuition 9am-5pm (minimum numbers apply) Because of the teaching style involved there are no spectator places on workshops.

Workshops in clicker training or more specialised one day workshops can be arrange on request.

If you would like to host or attend a workshop please send an email for further details. Please note there are a limited number of workshops per year.

Clinics

A day of full of learning. This is an opportunity to watch different horses and people learning and applying the science of behaviour to their individual situations. In some cases I may do most of the work with a horse in others the owner, may, under my instruction do the work. The horse always comes first in these clinics and any animal will only be asked to achieve what I feel it is capable of on that day.

The object of the day is for participants and spectators to have the opportunity to see equine learning taking place right in front of them. Each day will include question and answer sessions and general discussion. However structure of the day and it's content will depend entirely on the horses and owners used on the day.

Clinics can be run at the request of equine organisations or individual equine establishments. Days for charities and welfare organisations can also be accommodated.

If you would like to know more about hosting a clinic or would like to be informed of future clinics please email your interest for further information.

Lecture demonstrations

Each year I undertake a small number of lecture demonstrations. This is brief opportunity to view equine learning and behaviour. These are educational events with the aim of providing evidence of the learning abilities of equine and to show some of the basic principles of behaviour.

These are not typical natural horsemanship demonstrations but educational evenings giving a glimpse of the potential of equines. The content of the evening will depend on the animals used in the lecture. This is a learning opportunity not a show.

Starting at 7.00 pm and finishing around 10.00 pm with opportunities to ask questions and have a break. These events are for people prepared to learn and question themselves. There is no quick fix or method to sell only learning to observe.

If you would like to host or organise a lecture demonstration, please email for some more details.

Training for equine business, charities and welfare organisations

If you employ staff that you feel they would benefit from learning about equine behaviour then a tailor made program can be made to suit your individual business and environment. Generally held at your premises to fit in around daily work loads and routines the contents of training can meet specific areas of concern or training shortfalls.

The benefits of this type of programme include increased health and safety, team building, better understanding of behaviour so creating less stress to animals while giving your business a more professional service and more efficient training of equines.

If you would like further details of this work please email for more information.

Talks and lectures

Talks to equine clubs and organisations can range from two-hour evening talk, to 4 hour lecture demonstration. The aim of the talk is to provide theory of the chosen topic and increase the understanding of listeners in a light-hearted and informal way. All talks are tailor made to individual requirements. Evening theory talks start at ï¿½30 per hour plus travel. Out side the South West evening talks combined with Home visits or other educational events are most cost effective.