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Having worked for a trainer for over 5 years, I can tell you that the 
best outcomes are those with lots of owner involvement.  Not only does 
the owner/rider really learn along with the horse so that when the horse 
is finished with training, the rider is also up to speed and they both 
can progress together, but (sorry this is such a long sentence!) also, 
if anything is going wrong, the owner can catch it before it becomes a 
major problem.
	I strongly believe that both the rider and the horse need "training" 
together.  Otherwise, you end up with a horse that knows some stuff that 
the rider doesn't which isn't much better than the horse not knowing it 
in the first place.
Laney

Lysane Cree wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I am glad to hear that it is not all that uncommon. It is reassuring. In 
> fact, almost everyone I have asked so far (on ridecamp and elsewhere) 
> has said payment is made at the beginning (i.e. before training). Only 
> two people have said they paid at the end or accepted payment at the end.
>  
> /I would not feel confident in paying a trainer up front if I was not =
> /100% sure of him. But then if I was not 100% sure my horse would not be
> /there
>  
> I agree with you Paddi - When it was time to decide what to do, those 
> were my thoughts. If I have confidence in him to train my horse, then I 
> should have confidence to pay him up front. Otherwise, I should be 
> looking for someone else. So I feel I made the right choice. I will be 
> going by to visit on the weekends and will keep close tabs on her 
> progress, so that is comforting too. I feel like I just sent a kid off 
> to college or something (and I don't even have kids yet) LOL
>  
> Lysane
>
>
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