Heather

I have not completed any courses or college qualifications. I have a vast array of hands on experience. If equine related courses / college qualifications are required I am willing to take any course and tackle learning any skill / knowledge needed to get the job done.

Main duties include coordinating with clients schedules in order to maintain and clean their homes. I clean every surface of the interior and maintain gardens / properties for clients.

I took lessons between the ages of 9 - 17 at a professional barn and would trade barn work for lessons. My responsibilities were to muck out stalls, shift bedding, apply new bedding, check water troughs, feed horses according to feed chart, clean riding arena area, tidy and maintain tack room + tack, turn horses out, put blankets on / take blankets off, occasionally help riders prepare for their lessons, lunge work.

My specialities include being able to overcome obstacles through rational thinking and creative thinking. The quality of work I do is very high. My philosophy is that my work is an extension of myself and represents a part of who I am as a person. I am very good at cleaning and keeping a barn in top notch condition. I have experience with marketing and know how to showcase a working barn to attract ideal clients. I am task oriented and results driven.

I have ridden problem horses, green horses, young horses, very well trained, professional horses

Breeds I have ridden: Quarter Horses, Missouri Fox Trotter Spotted Saddlebred, Arabian, American Paint Ponies, Tennessee Walker

I have experience teaching green horses how not to be afraid of spooky surprises, how to load and unload safely with trailers, teaching ground manners, mastering ground work and boundaries, lunge work, subtle cues, and building confidence and trust

I have participated in local show circuits and competed at regional and state level for high school equestrian events. Through mentors and trainers I learned how to prepare a horse and myself for appropriate events (correct banding, clipping, trimming or lack thereof, putting in tails, bathing horses, wrapping horses, applying proper show products, preparing proper show attire, cleaning tack prior to show, packing all equipment and organizing trailer, applying intense organization skills)