Every program at Ocean View Stables opens with an evaluation, because a price quoted before anyone has handled your horse is a guess. We find where his line actually is, then build the plan around the horse in front of us.
Groundwork comes before ridden work, every time. A horse who will not stand for the farrier or will not load is not being difficult, he is telling you what he expects to happen next. Training that argues with him only proves him right.
Who this is for
A horse who knows the job but has been sitting. A horse who has quietly drifted and started saying no to small things. A horse who needs refitting to a different job than the one he was trained for.
The thirty days
Five training days a week putting him back into regular, willing work. Nothing exotic. Consistency is the whole treatment, and it is the one thing a horse standing in a field cannot get.
Priced as training board
One number covers his 12x12 indoor stall, daily stall cleaning, alfalfa fed daily, 24/7 security, full use of the facility and trails, and the training itself. Nothing is added to it afterwards.
Horses already boarded here
Pay the training fee only, $1,200 for thirty days, billed on top of your existing board.
Owner sessions are included
A horse can be transformed in thirty days and back to his old self within three weeks of going home. So the person who actually handles him day to day is in the round pen with us before he leaves, at no extra cost. Otherwise he learns to trust us, which does you no good at all.
What you get in writing
Written progress notes as we go, including the sessions that did not work. A trainer who only reports good days is not reporting.
Read the full training program page or call (415) 969-1223.