Horses have been a part of my life as long as I can remember. I am blessed to have wonderful parents who planted a desire and passion of horses in my life early on, at 18 months old I participated in my first horse show. I joined a 4-H Saddle Club at the age of 8, and from there my passion for horses just grew. I started competing in barrel racing and when I was 13, in addition to barrel racing I
started showing miniature horses in halter, driving, and in-hand classes. I was encouraged by my mom to start giving horseback riding lessons to friends when I was 14 and my business has grown from there. I feel so blessed to have been able to start my business at a young age. I kept up the lessons, then as time was becoming close for me to graduate high-school I started thinking about what I wanted the next steps in my life to be. I was training personal horses and helping some friends and acquaintances with their own horses and really enjoying helping people grow in their horsemanship skills along with better communicating with their horses. At that time I decided that I wanted to become not only more credible, but also to further my horse training knowledge so that I may better my own horsemanship and then teach and help others. I did my first 3 Week Ken McNabb Certification in the fall of 2013, I received my Ken McNabb Apprentice Trainer Certification and knew then that I wanted to finish and receive my Master Certification. I went back to Wyoming in the fall of 2014, and received my Journeyman Certification. Ken offered me an internship for the spring of 2016 and I jumped at the opportunity to be able to work under him for six months. During those six months I learned so much by riding a variety of different horses, we did lots of ranch and cattle work and spent many hours in the saddle. The opportunity to ride horses through the Diamond-McNabb Sale in June was so great and one that I am very thankful for the experience. I headed back to Pennsylvania after the sale for a few weeks, then loaded up my horses and went back to WY to finish my certification. The last 3 Week Clinic was one of lots of hard work and sweat, but I passed my Ken McNabb Master Trainer Certification. I plan on furthering my horsemanship knowledge every chance I receive. I want to be able to share what I have learned with others and help people build confidence on horseback and better their horsemanship skills. As a trainer, my goal with each and every horse that comes through my barn is to prepare them for a lifetime career, whether that competing in 4-H with kids, barrel racing, show jumping or trail riding. No matter what riding discipline you are or what your goals are for your horse, nothing is more important than clear communication, responsiveness and partnership based on mutual trust and respect. I want my horses to be constantly searching for what I want them to do next and for them to be positively motivated to do so. I want to ask my horse to move his body with the lightest cue from my body. I prefer to take horses in for training from anywhere between 60-90 days. I specialize in c**t starting, problem solving, furthering your horses training or just putting miles on the trail. In addition to working with horses, I love to help kids. I want to share my passion for riding with others and be able to give kids some of the opportunities I was blessed enough to have as a kid. I enjoy giving lessons and working with children either on my lesson horses or their own horse. For more information please contact me.
