Boarding and Training of Your Horse
You can bring your horse to Havana Horses for boarding and training on a month-to-month basis. Your horse will live in the herd on pasture/paddocks day and night (see Natural horse keeping). If your horse used to live in a stall, you will find that in the first few months it will loose weight because of the opportunity to move freely and roam and play day and night. If up till now your horse was fed on prefabricated horse feeds, it will need some time to adapt to the natural diet at Havana Horses. In general the horse’s intestines recover their natural balance in a few months.
As at Havana Horses the basic needs of the horse are fulfilled - i.e. 1. movement, 2. munching on grass continuously, 3. friends - all horses become friendly, relaxed and easy-going at Havana Horses. Does your horse suffer from ‘stable vices’, like rubbing its tail, cribbing, waving or any other symptoms of boredom and stress caused by confinement? These problems will be gone in a few weeks after boarding at Havana Horses.
As all our horses go barefoot, at Havana Horses your horse’s irons will be removed. Natural hoof care is included in the contract.
Your horse will be trained with natural horsemanship methods without the use of any force. The elementary training as mentioned in the boarding contract below, consists of daily handling by Havana Horses’ trainers, in addition to freestyle training, groundwork and natural riding basics.
Additional training sessions have an average duration of 60 minutes and include: training at liberty, work on the long lines, and, in agreement with your horse’s level of development, basic or advanced principles of dressage. Also jumping skills can be included in the training.
Havana Horses welcomes guest trainers adept in natural horsemanship. We and our horses are more than happy that Cecile Devaux, internationally experienced horse trainer and instructor from France, now frequently works with our horses. She achieves wonderful results with especially the young horses, by giving them the trust and confidence that they need. A patient, always smiling trainer and super-balanced rider, she takes the young horses on their first trail ride, reassures the horse with lack of confidence and pokes the too cool horse into great achievements.
Take a look at this example of our Boarding & Training Contract.
Of course your personal wishes and specifications can be discussed and included in the contract.