Advanced HorseTraining Syllabus
ANS 143
Winter 2015
Instructor: Wade Black
Instructor Contact Information:
Office: V-T
Phone: (541) 881-8822, ext. 305
Office Hours: M W F 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
E-mail:
Class Time:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday2:30p.m-4:00p.m.
Course Description:
This course teaches students how to take a green horse into a bridle. Prepares horses to move into several different horse activities; ranch horse, rope horse, or a show horse.
Prerequisites:
ANS 142 Green Breaking
Course Objectives:
Various methods of “bridling” a horse
Taking a green-broke horse from the snaffle bit to a shank bit
Taking the horse from a short shank bit to a bridle
Spanish vaquero method: Hackamore, two-rein, bridle
Introduction to tradition and theory in making a bridle horse
Doctoring outside and tying off
Getting the horse to complete stage 4 with willing submission
Putting the horse on cattle
Teach horse to track and rate cattle
Instill the components of a reining pattern in order to eliminate resistance in common day ranch work and advance ranch roping skills and practices
Teamwork and working out of a rodear
Course Outcome:
Take a green-broke horse from a snaffle bit, to a short shank bit, to a bridle.
Foundation for perfection while advancing in various bits
Sort cows out of a rodear
Correctly position horse to rope and doctor a sick cow or calf
Complete second month task completions while filling out TFTC second month score sheets.
Grading and Course Requirements:
Grading in all horse training classes will be preparing you to train horses for the public, whether you are seeking an industry certificate or not. Principles learned in this class will benefit your horse training whether you plan to do it full time for the public, or train your own horses as a part time business or hobby. In order to be a successful horse trainer there are four qualities that are essential: Work ethic, integrity, quality standards, and client education/ interaction. Throughout the week I will teach the classes showing you how to perform different aspects of horse training. For your midterm and final you will need to send a video to me as the client showing me what I have been paying you for. You will need to demonstrate what you have taught my horse and explain to me his progression on the score sheets (task completion, foundation & temperament). It is important that you understand when starting your equine business that there are 7.1 million people in the equine industry and 85-90% are inexperienced horse owners. To prepare you for your customer, I will be grading you on comprehension of vocabulary words and your ability to help me understand as an inexperience horse owner how to eliminate resistance when I take my horse home to do a job.
Score Sheets (Work Ethic) 100 Points
Attendance (Integrity) 100 Points
Practical Quizzes (Quality Standards) 100 Points
Quiz (Client Education) Video 100 Points
-Cow Horse Confidence
- Martin Black Book 100 Points
- Videos (Client Education) 200 Points
700 Points
Attendance is essential to your success in this course. In order to be successful in any profession a person must have work ethic and integrity. Attendance is the perfect scale to judge your work ethic and integrity and reflects what type of employee you will be some day. If you have to miss a day (integrity), I will not deduct points on work ethic as long as you make it up outside of class.
Tardy and Cell Phone Policy
In concordance with Ray Hunt training methods “Make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy". If you are late to class or caught on your phones you will be required to do five pushups (increase by five times every time you are late) or sing a nursery rhyme in a foreign accent of your choice.
Instructor Goals:
My goal as your instructor is to give my students the knowledge, skills, work ethic and integrity it takes to be successful in the equine industry. In all my classes we will be focusing on taking the material taught from class to help you build your ownequinebusiness focused around your talents, passions and desires. I look forward to getting to know you each as individuals and helping you find the career path that best fits you.
Grading Scale:
A= 100-90%
B= 89-80%
C= 79-70%
D= 69-60%
F= Below 60%
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Advanced Horse Training: Couse Outline
Week 1 / Lesson 11/5-9/15 / Course Syllabus, Demonstrational Videos / Bridle Horse Video
Ranch Roping Video
Homework / Homework / Quiz: Foundation for Perfection
Week 2 / Lesson 3
1/12-16/15 / Review Foundation for Perfection in the snaffle / Working on vocab words
whileperforming task in arena
Homework / Fill out TQA 2nd month
score sheets daily / Homework / e-mail 2nd month score sheets
Week 3 / Lesson 5
1/19-23/15 / 4 stages w/ Willing Submission
Roping the pull dummy / Practice proper swing delivery and follow through
Homework / Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / e-mail second month score sheets
Week 4 / Lesson 7
1/26-30/15 / Transition into shank bits, and teach horse FFP vocab words with new bit / Tracking Cows: Teach horse to “rate” cow
Homework / Read cow horse confidence
Ch. 1 and 2
Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / 2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
e-mail second month score sheets
Week 5 / Lesson 9
2/2-6/15 / Stage 3 with willing submission weaving in and out of barrels / Swing, delivery and follow-through roping dummy on horse
Homework / Read cow horse confidence
Ch. 3 and 4
Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / 2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
e-mail 2nd month score sheets
Week 6 / Lesson 11
2/9-13/15 / Rim fire prevention drill / Learning to position horse to influence flight zone and balance when working cattle out of a rodear
Homework / Midterm – Submit video, score sheets and explanation explaining to client the horse’s advancement in: Task completion, foundation and temperament. / Homework / Read cow horse confidence
Ch. 5 and 6
2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
e-mail 2nd month score sheets
Week 7 / Lesson 13
2/16-20/15 / Four Stages slipping rope
tied to a post / 4 Stages with willing submission while positioning horse to give a handle and position horse to promote good stockmanship while roping a calf at a branding
Homework / Read cow horse
confidence Ch. 7 and 8
Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / 2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
E-mail 2nd month score sheets
Week 8 / Lesson 11
2/23-27/15 / Advising Day Tuesday
No Class / JV Field Trip
Advanced Horse Training
Homework / Read cow horse
confidence Ch. 9 and 10
Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / 2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
E-mail 2nd monthscore sheets
Week 9 / Lesson 13
3/2-6/15 / Learning to position horse to influence flight zone and balance when working cattle out of a rodear / Four stages with willing submission positioning horse to rope stationary dummy. Setting up neck shot doctoring outside.
Homework / Read cow horse
confidence Ch. 11 and 12
Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / 2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
E-mail 2nd monthscore sheets
Week 10 / Lesson 9
3/9-13/15 / Tying together all the concepts from previous weeks / Horsemanship, stockmanship, roping and teamwork while applying principles to pasture doctoring
Homework / Read cow horse
confidence Ch. 13 and 14
Fill out TQA 2nd mon score
sheets daily / Homework / 2 page paper on weekly
reading due Friday
E-mail 2nd monthscore sheets
Week 11 / Lesson 11
3/18/15 / Final
Homework / Submit video, score sheets and explanation explaining to client the horse’s advancement in: Task completion, foundation and temperament.