Horsemanship Clinics!

Want to learn how to work on gaits and true collection?

Become one with your horse and dance as partners?

Start from the ground and then let's get on and transfer what you have learned to the saddle. Find balance for you and your horse. Learn how to relax you and your horse.

Clinics with Kathleen on your horse here at Serenity Mountain Stables, or at your place. $100.00 each, 3 hour clinic with a minumum of 3.

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Dedicated to Gaited horse enthusiasts of central Maine and North. Learn more about gaited horses, trail rides and clinics around the state, information, having a problem ask for advice, there is most likely someone who has had the same issue and meet and greet days for those looking for a gaited horse. Planning a ride for a cause in 2012

So you want to buy a gaited horse?

Let us help you through one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. One of the best things you can do is to take some lessons on a gaited school master, this is a horse that will teach you and takes care of his new rider.

This will enable you to make an informed decision about what gait is best for you. Most people find that they favor one type of four beat gait over another. This will be a great advantage for you to understand what is comfortable for you as you begin your search for your next best friend.

It is the rare five year old that is perfectly set in his gaits and timing. If this is your very first gaited horse, you want one that doesn't require daily schooling to maintain gait.

Unfinished gaited horses often require the skills of a trainer to develop and keep them in proper cadence. It can take years of consistent training for a horse to develop the muscle groups to maintain gait. If they are registered you have a better chance of getting gait, because they have been bred for this. This is not to say you can't get gait out of a horse that paces or trots if they are truly a gaited horse.

When Buying your first Gaited Horse look for Mature, and as Finished as your pocketbook will allow. Registered or not, I personally go for the registered horse, because you are able to research their past and will be able to ask questions of your riding instructor about different horses in their pedigree.

An adult horse with several years under saddle and set in their gaits is a better choice and a much smoother beginning for the rider just starting out. Do consider purchasing a sound horse in good health in his teenage years. Older horses can often be more forgiving and can provide years of pleasure. Many times the horse that has been well cared for by a single owner over a long period of time is a great prospect.

Do you get a Vet. check or not? I say yes to the Vet. check this is a big investment and unless you buy and sell horses, this is the horse you have bought for many years of pleasure. It is a good idea to have them checked for lyme disease, if a horse had has this for a while and their count is high you are going to spend up to a thousand dollars treating and they may have issues you don't know about.

SERENITY MOUNTAIN STABLES GAITED HORSES!

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kathleen@serenitymountainstables.com

My Promise to my Horses

I will see that he has everyday plenty of clean water and hay,
Shelter from cold, wind and rain and the ration he needs daily of grain,
I'll see to his need for play and exercise and love him, I promise to learn and be patient.
His trust in me, I'll take time to earn. He'll not be just a toy that I can afford
that I forget, except to pay board, I'll see to his needs day in and out
not leaving him in his stall to sulk and pout. I know that I own him, but he too owns me I'm responsible to keep him happy and healthy He is not a burden, but a lifelong friend. Not one I'll abandon when his life wears the end. It was my choice, not his, to have a horse from that choice his life should be better, not worse. It is a more like a child, the purchase of Birth a being to care for, a life that has worth. I acknowledge this commitment with honor and pride!
I'll care for this horse, he's not just something to ride. If the day ever comes, when my promise I can't fulfill, I'll see that he is placed with someone who will.

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Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away!

email: kathleen@serenitymountainstables.com