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I would be interested in a reference to this study, because that was  
my experience when I was raising / training my old horse.  I had him  
from the time he was born, but because I work, most of my training  
sessions had to be on the weekend, as I only had time for grooming  
and turnout on the week nights.

I remember trying to increase the frequency of the lessons for a  
while, because that was the advice I got -- "do it every day".   
However, he simply didn't seem to "get" the new lesson until about 3  
- 5 days had elapsed.  Then it would click.  Since the lesson would  
"click" at about the same rate on a weekend training schedule, I quit  
worrying about it.  Why aggravate him and frustrate me with  
repetitions he didn't need, and couldn't process?   I figured he  
needed the time to integrate the lesson, and repeating it didn't seem  
to help.

That was just my experience with one horse -- your milage may vary.


On Apr 20, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Quentin & Libby Llop wrote:

> I saw a study that found that horses learned the most for the  
> amount of
> training time spent with once a week sessions. Obviously that isn't
> practical for a professional trainer as it would take a very long time
> to put much training time in, but it's nice to know for us do-it
> -yourselfers who can't get on all of them every day.   Libby
>
> geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > How many days a week is reasonable for me to expect my trainer to  
> > work
> > with him? I have a woman who wants to come to my house and use my
> > facilities, which makes me more comfortable but she can only come 3
> > days a week.
> >
> > */heidi larson <ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
> >
> >     Can I visit my horse anytime?
> >
> >     Can I watch your training session?
> >
> >     Can I be included in the training sessions at some time
> >     towards the end of the month or 60 days?
> >
> >     How many days per week and how long is each ride typically?
> >
> >
> >     How safe is the facility and by that I mean, can someone
> >     show up and load up your horse and leave without being
> >     stopped or questioned by an owner or manager of the
> >     facility?
> >
> >     Does the trainer ride the horse, or one of his/her
> >     apprentices? This doesn't really matter to me personally,
> >     but it's nice to know in advance who will be doing the work
> >     and just how supervised are apprentices should they be the
> >     ones riding.
> >
> >     Will there be trail experience or just arena?
> >
> >     Will they feed what you want fed?
> >
> >     If you can visit the facility while you ask questions, look
> >     for cleanliness, do the horses walk up to the trainer like
> >     the really like him/her, are there spur marks or sores in
> >     the corners of their mouths?
> >
> >     Does the trainer adjust his/her protocol for different
> >     types of horses? - sensitive horses rarely need spurs while
> >     the thick-skinned may need to be ridden in nothing else.
> >
> >     What kind of progress do they expect to make in 30 days or
> >     60 days or 90 days. (And yes, I do understand each horse
> >     is an individual and may respond differently, but a plan
> >     you can sort of follow along with is important to me.)
> >
> >     Just a "few" I thought of. Both trainers I've ever used
> >     appreciated owners who were interested in the process and
> >     encouraged participation by me. I think that is the most
> >     important thing to me personally. I've got friends whose
> >     horror stories with trainers include rumors from boarders
> >     that the horse was not worked/ridden but a couple days per
> >     week and one gal told me that the trainer she took her
> >     horse to would not allow her to come watch as he didn't
> >     want his training "secrets" to be available to the
> >     competition. Can we say Red Flag!!?
> >
> >     heidi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     --- "geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about what
> > > questions you ask a trainer. Usually, you find out about
> > > a trainer or one that is advertising and you call them.
> > > What questions do you ask over the phone to decide if it
> > > is worth your time to have a meeting in person.
> > >
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