Programs

Weekend Retreat
 Friday evening Social and Assessment
Saturday 9 AM - 4 PM    Riding
Sunday  9 AM - 4 PM  Riding

Leave everything behind and take some time for you & your horse.
Each weekend will focus on building Confidence,
achieving Success and having Fun
Limited to 6 Participants

Cost $350/person
 includes DIY stall for your horse
You bring bedding, feed and buckets

Start Your Own Colt
During this five day course, you will use the round pen and ground
exercises working up to the first saddling and ride on your youngster
Limited to 4 participants
Horses must be minimum of 22 months of age,
able to be safely trailered and handled

Cost $500/person
includes DIY stall for your horse
You bring bedding, feed and buckets

Round Pen Basics
This one day program will teach you and your horse
the basic maneuvers used in the round pen for
starting horses and correcting problems
Limited to 6 participants

Cost $175/person

Riding for Control
In this program you will establish control of the different parts of
your horse's body.  Exercises are simple and easy to achieve with time
allotted for practice. Your new skills and understanding will enable
you to continue your  horse's training at home.
Limited to 8 participants

3 Day - $400.00/person
2 Day - $300/person
includes DIY stall for your horse
You bring bedding, feed and buckets
 

Night School
  Learn the basics of the
Lyons Conditioned Response training methods in a class
environment using our horses.  Round pen techniques,
bridle work and the calm down cue are just
a few of the topics that will be covered in this 6 week course.

Cost $275.00/person

Please see our Schedule for dates of these programs

We offer bunkhouse accommodations right at the farm, on a first come, first served basis.  It will house 2 groups of 2 OR a group of up to 6 friends.  Includes full kitchen facilities & bath.

Weekend Package
$80/person

5 Day Package $120/person
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Motels Available
within 15 minutes
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Restaurants within
10 minutes
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There is no better teacher for your horse than you.  You both will benefit from the experience of learning a new technique together. 

Skills you & your horse can Learn through our programs
- controlling your horse's body & why this is necessary
- better, lighter response to the bit
- a calm down cue
- head set without gadgets
- riding serpentines for directional  control
- straighter stops
- better back ups
- neck reining
- turns on forehand
- turns on haunches
- collection
- riding circles
- right lead/left lead
- side pass
- half pass
- full pass
- 3 tracking
- speed control
- crossing obstacles
- develop an emergency brake
- easy bridling
- ground tying
- stand still for mounting
- and that's just the beginning!
 

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"You don't need patience to train a horse. It's the most over rated commodity. Knowledge looks like patience in disguise."
John Lyons
 

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