Interested
in hosting a clinic?
Contact Lisa Jenney, clinic coordinator, at
akhorseclinics@yahoo.com
with your requested dates for a clinic. Lisa will confirm the date's
availability and get back to you with clinic promotional materials
such as flyers for your local tack shops and stables and advertising
for local newsletters and/or newspapers. As soon as your clinic is
full, email Lisa and we will consider the dates "official".
We strongly recommend that you request
clinic payment in full from your participants, at the time of booking
their spot. It might be helpful to your riders for you not to cash
their checks until just after the clinic.
Clinic
Layout
PROBLEM HORSE and ADVANCED HORSEMANSHIP CLINIC
A 2-3 day format works well.
2 HOUR CLASSROOM SESSION
During this session, done at the beginning of the first day, clinic
participants and auditors will learn the fundamentals of equine psychology.
This session will specifically explain how to put the horse's emotions,
reactions and motivations into a simple and logical system. This methodical
approach allows the human to easily determine how to interpret reactions,
respond appropriately, and see things from the horse's point of view.
Participants will learn the language of horses, how to effectively
interpret equine behavior, advance their communication skills, and
unravel problem behaviors.
CLINIC SESSIONS
This segment will take individual horses for 1 hour sessions and directly
target behavioral and or training issues. Participants will learn
how to assess the horse's personality type, and find the right approach
to instill trust, confidence and respect both on the ground as well
as under saddle. This session will teach specific tactics to constructively
interrupt instinctive fear-based reactions such as spookiness, claustrophobia
and nervousness and also dominance-based reactions such as pushiness,
invading your space and more. Employ psychology to understand how
to teach horses without using force or mechanics. Advanced riders
will learn how to get true finesse, by organizing their aids in a
simple-to-understand system. Learn how to properly implement a system
of aids that will help you balance your horse and get soft, calm and
flexible reactions. Riders will also learn the biomechanics of equitation
and aids, using their body correctly to effectively influence the
horse.
No deposit is required. Your liability for
cancellation would be any expenses that you had already paid, your
time invested, and possibly Jennifer’s airfare if applicable.
Clinic Fees
Jennifer charges a flat rate of $500 plus expenses per day regardless
of the number of riders. You can decide how to divide the clinic fees
among the riders. You could divide the cost of all clinic expenses
equally among the other riders and ride for free, or you could charge
a bit more per rider and make a profit. The clinic host has maximum
flexibility in organizing the clinic to suit your area. Once Jennifer’s
clinic fees and expenses are met, the clinic host will keep all other
fees such as auditors' fees. You might consider pricing the clinic
where you would break even with 10 riders. You could then sell 12
rider positions. This would give you a cushion if you have a late
cancellation. You could ride for free and might make a bit of money
too.
Other
Expenses
• Airfare for Jennifer, with transportation to and from your
airport. Jennifer flies from Minneapolis-St.Paul. Or, if driving,
$0.50 per mile, round trip
• Lodging
• A sound system with a wireless microphone for the arena is
recommended.
• A dry erase board, or a poster board, with a black marker
• A table for Jennifer's Better Horse products
Arena
• Covered fenced arena.
• 60 feet in width is minimum size for an arena.
• Host is responsible for daily arena dust control.
• Electrical outlets for sound system, if applicable
Clinic
Participants
Participants may attend with horses in need of problem-solving, as
well as horses that require fine-tuning in advanced horsemanship.
Problem horses are welcome regardless of the issue - although it is
required that the owner or handler is able to at the very least lead
the horse into and out of the arena safely.
Clinic
Content
Each clinic is different and tailored to those riders in attendance.
Jennifer specializes in both problem horses as well as performance
horses including dressage, hunter jumper, western pleasure and more,
so all disciplines are welcome. Every clinic will include the 2 hour
classroom session which prepares riders for what they are about to
learn. It is more of a day-long seminar, not the kind of deal where
you just show up for your ride and go home afterwards. It is imperative
that all participants are in attendance for the 2 hour classroom session.
Miscellaneous
• All clinic participants will sign Jennifer’s release
of liability BEFORE the start of the clinic. This should be e-mailed
to you in advance of your clinic.
• Clinic host should provide a typed
list of each auditor's and rider's name, address, phone number and
most important - an e-mail address. It would also be helpful to provide
a list of names and e-mail addresses of all of the people who contacted
you concerning information about the clinic.
• Please feel free to email
Lisa with any questions. We truly appreciate your interest in hosting
a clinic, you will love the positive response that you receive from
your clinic riders and the knowledge that you gain!
