Horse Training

Horse Training

The Horse Training Degree will provide experience and exploratory opportunities to specialize in training and selling horses to the public. Hands on application of work place safety, horse stall maintenance, horse health and welfare, halter training, colt starting and performance horse training will prepare students to house, train and sell horses to the public. This degree will equip students to get out of the hobby horse category with the IRS and into a part-time or full-time business training horses, selling horses, giving lessons, boarding, or using horses to do day work on ranches and feedlots.

Program/Discipline Outcomes

• Diagnose the common causes of resistance in training horses and describe the proper training procedures to eliminate these causes.
• Describe and demonstrate the entire process of training a horse from foundation to finish to marketing and sales.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the common causes, treatment, and prevention of infectious and non-infectious diseases and lameness in horses.
• Demonstrate how to properly use TQA score sheets to track training process and procedures to meet TQA industry standards training and selling horses.
• Develop a solid business plan including business description, facility design, market strategy, monthly budget, 12-month cash flow and 3-to-5-year financial projections.

Required Courses (86 Credits)

Courses are listed in suggested sequence.

Electives (4 Credits)

Electives