Online Class: Advanced Trick Horse Training
|  | | | | | Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription Basic Course (no certificate) = $69.00 Course with Certificate & CEUs = $94.00 |
Horse trainer Angie Senter's goal is to help all students learn how to teach horses to perform professional quality tricks. Students taking this course will: 1. Gain insight and knowledge on how to train for and execute 10 advanced tricks and 2. Develop a more complete understanding of the equine entertainment industry. The instructor will also: 1. Provide a learning environment that is comfortable, non-judgmental, and informative for all students. 2. Provide prompt and courteous responses to all questions and comments. 3. Grade work in a timely manner and respond with suggestions for improvement and praise. 4. Help students through problems as they arise in training sessions. 5. Give students alternatives for training and ways to expand the possibilities of the tricks. 6. Make available all knowledge that I have on trick training horses so that students have access to training opportunities that will truly make finished and productive trick horses. 7. Provide the most up-to-date information on the trick horse industry. Earn a certificate (both hard copy and electronic) upon successful completion (additional charges apply). UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course,
including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.
 Course Description This course is designed as an advanced study of trick horse training. The material represented here builds on the beginning trick training course. During this class we will review the mechanics of trick training and then dive right into ten exciting lessons on teaching tricks. Each lesson will give you the equipment, procedures and alternatives for teaching a new trick. Learn such exciting things as teaching your horse to smile, drink from a bottle, count, bow, kneel and much much more. The final lesson in this class offers and in depth look at the equine entertainment industry. After completion of this course (and the original trick horse training course) you will be able to put on entire performances with your horse. Whether you want to break into movies, do half-time shows or just play around the barn this last lesson will give you an overview on how to get started. Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Review of Trick Training Mechanics and TheoriesResponse timing, shaping and conditioning will be reviewed in this class as well as other mechanics and theories of trick horse training. | Lesson 2: Teaching Your Horse toThis lesson will teach you how to train a horse to "smile" on cue. | Lesson 3: Pick-up an ObjectThis lesson will describe the steps to teaching your horse to pick-up an object. This trick is the basis for other more advanced maneuvers. | Lesson 4: Pick-pocketTeaching the pick-pocket trick builds on the previous lesson of "picking-up an object. | Lesson 5: Taking Your Hat OffThis lesson will teach your horse how to take your hat on and off of your head. | Lesson 6: Wave A FlagThis lesson will help you understand how to teach a horse to wave a flag on request. | Lesson 7: DrinkingThis lesson will demonstrate how to train a horse to "drink" from a bottle. Your horse will even learn how to "guzzle" then throw the bottle in the trash. | Lesson 8: CountingTeaching the horse to count is the first trick where we will untilize the horse's legs. | Lesson 9: Crossing LegsThis lesson will teach you how to train your horse to cross his leg. This trick leads into teaching a horse to perform the "drunk walk." | Lesson 10: BowThis is a fantastic trick to end a performance on. It is also a great trick for all horses to learn as it can make mounting and dismounting easier for elderly and handicap riders. | Lesson 11: KneelingTeaching your horse to kneel builds off of the princliples learned in the previous lesson. | Lesson 12: Breaking Into the Entertainment BusinessThe final lesson will give you inside information on how to market your horse in the entertainment business, the pros and cons of animal agents, or simply how to put on a performance in your own barn. |
Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Attendance
- Certificate of Class Participation
- Certificate of Appreciation
- Certificate of Merit
- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
- Certificate of Academic Excellence
Certificates may be awarded by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student merit.
To save your award and have a hard-copy delivered, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online.
Official awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
| | Additional Information | Course Title | : | Advanced Trick Horse Training | | CEU Value | : | | | Course Number | : | 14373 | | Course Type | : | How To | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : |  | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $69 | | | | |
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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