Samantha - Horseback riding tutor - Sandpoint

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Samantha

Rate ₦66302
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₦66302/h

1^st lesson free

Horseback riding

Experienced tutor in Horseback riding in Sandpoint, Samantha offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Horseback riding

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About Samantha

Samantha Harvey developed Alternative Horsemanship training theories based on her experiences over the past 25 years. She offers riding lessons, ground work sessions, lessons in jumping, Dressage, cross country, competitive trail, endurance, trail, and western horsemanship. She works with both competitive and pleasure riders. Lessons and clinics are designed to be confidence building experiences in a supportive and respectful environment with a priority of safety for both horse and rider.

I rode for many years with trainers from a variety of backgrounds... European, South American, dressage, jumper... When they looked at me they saw: my tack, my position, what I was doing right and wrong, and my goals...

The one subject I now consider as the most important, they never mentioned. The most import and obvious is the HORSE!

They never asked me questions such as:

Where is your horse’s mind today?

How is your horse feeling?

Is he RESPECTFUL today?

What was his attitude when you greeted him in his pasture or stall?

How may his attitude affect today’s ride?

Through a combination of neighbors and a few recommendations, we came into contact with a “whisperer” type- although he didn’t call himself that. I audited a two day clinic and was very impressed with what I saw. For the entire length of the clinic he never mentioned anything that I had heard before. The clinician started by taking a horse who to our untrained eye, looked like just any other horse. Right away he began to point out “signs” that could show us what the horse was thinking, feeling, how he was going to react to us, and so forth. These things looked so obvious once we auditors knew what to look for.

The clinician showed us ways to recognize when our horse was “processing” and accepting information and questions that we asked of us. Realizing that after so many years of lessons and training, I had never once considered my horse: I began to stir around new thoughts and ideas and questions about how I was interacting with my horse. I had never understood the connection that having a good communication with my horse while I was on the ground could so greatly affect my rides. I had never thought to RESPECT my horse’s feelings or mood; I had always treated him as something waiting to serve me, as opposed to being my partner.

It took a number of years of watching, learning, auditing, and hands-on experience in order to accumulate, process, sort and use the knowledge I have today. Although we all use words like “training,” I like to think of my interactive experiences with horses as learning, communicating and educational for both of us.

My aim is to have my horse see me as his buddy, partner, friend and team mate, but in order to do so I must first gain his RESPECT to become important to him. Scaring, abusing or forcing him to like and tolerate my presence will never create a trusting relationship.

Most owners who send me their horse tell me that their horse has only one or two problems or that the horse is “really good most of the time.” What people do not connect is that most “issues” or areas of concern with horses are not the actual problems but signs of something much deeper and bigger. Every horse is as individual as his past, his experiences and so on. I cannot ever guarantee that I can always achieve the owner’s or my desired goals for their horse. I try to take a horse from where he is and encourage him to do what I ask by using his own free will to create a happy and positive experience.

Most major problems seem to stem from a lack of confidence and RESPECT in both the owner and the horse. The horse instinctively protects himself by ignoring the owner and “takes over” the decision making process. When horses do this, they usually don’t make the same decisions as a human would because of their instinct to protect themselves. Their best defense and self preservation mechanism is to RUN! Whether it is forward, sideways or backwards, if the horse is in control and feels threatened, he will move in the direction of his choice. We hear comments as: “he bolted and I fell off”, “he pulls back when tied”, “he runs over the top of me when he is nervous”, “he acts like I’m not here and ignores me”...

Even in the case where an owner is in conversation or is not giving their horse 100% attention, the horse will take control. The horse will behave as a child: he interrupts by nudging, he fidgets, he finds things to put in his mouth, he’s generally annoying! The horse has not been clearly shown the meaning of RESPECT!

Samantha Harvey developed Alternative Horsemanship training theories based on her equine related experiences over the past 25 years. She offers riding lessons, ground work sessions, lessons in jumping, Dressage, cross country, competitive trail, endurance, trail, western riding and horsemanship. Her background includes 3-Day Eventing (riding under Australian & German Olympic level riders while based in Europe), working under three time World Cup Grand Prix Jumper rider/judge, working with multiple nationally recognized natural horsemanship horsemen, working under US international Dressage Grand Prix rider/representative/judge, young horse race prep at Santa Anita, Caifornia, track, working on private cattle ranches starting colts and finishing horses throughout the western USA, participated in clinics with a range of international instructors and much more. Sam is also an alumna of The United States Pony Club as a participant, instructor and Joint DC. She starts colts, rehabilitates dangerous and difficult horses, and finishes horses for both show arena and every day practical riding. She works with both competitive and pleasure riders of all levels and backgrounds, horses of a variety of breeds, ages and disciplines at both a local and national level throughout the USA, and she offers clinics worldwide. She has lectured and offered demos at equine symposiums, taught horsemanship practices to pre-veterinary students, has been a featured speaker on nationally syndicated radio programs, and is a regular contributor to equine publications. As a way to give back to the future of riding, each year for the last 18 years she has instructed at both 4-H groups (up to 60 riders in a week) and Pony Club camps throughout the USA. In the winter of 2016 she traveled to the southern tip of South America and worked with gauchos for two months in both Argentina and Chile on sheep farms covering thousands of acres. More recently, in the winter of 2017 she worked for several months with wild horses on the tiny island of St Vincent in the Caribbean, descendants from the Spanish horses first introduced to area hundreds of years before. Each summer season Sam is based at The Equestrian Center, LLC, her horse farm in Sandpoint, Idaho. A gorgeous, 20 acre scenic facility, with multiple arenas, conditioning track, round pens, with visiting clientele and working students from around the world. For the last 15 years during the winter months, she has been based in Yuma, Arizona, where she offers lessons and training and regularly travels to southern California offering six day long horsemanship clinics.

About the lesson

The first time I teach a student, I like to talk with them to understand their background and past experiences. In the US, anybody anywhere can hang a sign on their door and say that they are an instructor. Because of this, many people have been taught in many different ways. So I like to know where my new student is coming from.

Then I like to watch them warm up their horse for a few minutes. This gives me a quick overview of both the student and horse and gives me a starting point for the lesson. I always take into consideration that the pair is at a new facility and the nerve-wracking experience of riding in front of someone new.

From there I like to talk with the student about how their warm up went, what they are feeling, what their horse if feeling, his mood and attitude that day, and so on. I like to TALK. I keep in mind when I’m teaching that sometimes I need to explain an issue or topic in several different ways in order for the student to fully understand my point. I am constantly looking for feedback; not the kind where the student just repeats back what they have been told, but where they put what I have said into their own words. By doing so, this ensures that they know how, why, when, etc., we do something.

By talking with the rider about their experience, expectations, and goals, I can better assess both the horse and rider as individuals. I can also assess them as a team: their ability to communicate, to respond to one another, as well as each of their physical abilities and limits, their age, and experience.

I love questions; they show me the student is interested in looking to “eat up” all that they can about the subject. They also show me the student is THINKING, which is one of the most difficult things I find for a student to do. So many people today tend to want to do everything “perfect” or to please their trainer, that although they hang on ever word a trainer has said, they are unable to deal with an unexpected “situation” without the trainer’s help. I WANT my students to be able to assess a situation, and then understand how to fix it and move forward, without the “incident” destroying the entire ride.

Many people ask how I can teach both children and adults, as they are VERY different in their learning styles. Most trainers I know prefer to teach one group or the other. I love the challenge of teaching both. Kids tend to want to know how to do something right now, to fix the problem immediately, which is good, but does not allow them to understand how every aid we use is connected. Adults on the other hand, tend to love theory, they want to know why, why, why, but then find it very difficult to “put it all together.” So the challenge for me as the instructor, is to keep both kids and adults “happy” with the information I am giving them, but to also get them to put all their thoughts and questions on hold, while they listen to me explain the “whole” picture.

The only way for this to work, which is true in any sort of relationship, is for there to be TRUST. If a student does not trust their trainer, they are wasting their time, money and effort. I want every ride, no matter how: mentally or physically challenging, difficult for the rider and/or horse, to be a positive learning experience. I want horse and rider to come away happy. I know some days we all have good and bad days. I am human too. My goal for every student is to take them as far as they would like to achieve.

I love to share my theories with equine enthusiasts of all levels; all that I ask for is to have an open mind and be willing to "meet" the horse in the middle!

Be sure to visit the facility, read reviews of the instuctor, and audit a lesson or two. This will give you a better idea if their teaching style will mesh with your learning abilities and goals.

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Experienced tutor in Horseback riding in Sandpoint, Samantha offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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