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Location: WI | For those of you who send your finished horses out for a tuneup, how long do you leave them? I budgeted for 60 days, but thinking that may get monotonous on a finished horse. Think 30 days is enough? |
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| For a finished horse I'd think a few days would be plenty. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Depends on what you are tuning up. I can have horses a few days or weeks. Just depends on what we are working on. |
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| Ours would stay anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks depending on the horse. It was always the best money we spent. I used to say I cloud feel Jan, our trainer, in them when they came home. |
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Location: California | rodeomom3 - 2015-11-18 9:43 AM
Ours would stay anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks depending on the horse. It was always the best money we spent. I used to say I cloud feel Jan, our trainer, in them when they came home.
I have never seen truer words. If you send them to a good trainer it's seriously like you can feel their amazing training techniques. I would do a full 30 days. You can always send them back for that additional 30 days later if you feel like you need it |
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Location: North Dakota | I sent my Red to a reining trainer for 3 weeks to get an overall better handle and work on his spins and flying lead changes. WOW did a simple 3 weeks make a difference. I went and made a barrel run the day after I picked him up and he just felt amazing. |
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Location: Texas | ^^^^this! i love to send mine out to a trainer that has cattle or something different than what I can do at home. It freshens them up so much, and it breaks the monotony of our routines. I think it helps them, even when they need a "barrel" tune up. After all, a good trainer doesn't have to work the barrels for 30 days to improve the fundamental skills that, in-turn, improve a barrel run.
I would send for 30 days.
Edited by tracies 2015-11-18 3:24 PM
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Location: Texas | Honestly, for a tune up on a finished horse you shouldn't need more than a week. I can usually get a lot done in just one or two days... unless they need more than just a tune up.
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Location: Alberta Canada | My finished horse is booked in for 2 weeks, but Kandi will decide, it may only take her a week or maybe a couple of days, I will let her decide. |
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Location: MD | An honest answer to this question could only be based on the extent of a "tune up" said horse needs. I have a client who's mare comes for a week every few months. I also have another who we jokingly say comes to the "Jiffy Lube". One ride on that sucker every few months is all that he needs. For a finished horse that is being ridden and is already legged up, in 30 days they should be tuned and being hauled. |
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Location: WI | Thanks all! I'm gonna do 30 days. I wish I could do 1-2 weekers, but she's 4hrs away that's too much hauling for me. I board with reiners and they always send their show horses out for tuneups before shows, but that trainer is in the same town. |
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Location: SE Missouri | I sent my finished horse to Marne Loosenort for a full 30day! I couldn't be happier with the decision. I've had him since a yearling and he is 14 (went to her this summer) and had done all the work on him. I was too busy with work and frankly was ecstatic to have someone else put some time on him. |
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| I used to train all of mine but found a trainer could get them going so much faster. She tunes on mine every other nce in awhile.
Here is a tip from my trainer that you need to remember. If you ride the horse the same way you have been riding you are wasting your money. You need to ride the way your trainer tells you to ride the horse. I do ride about the same as my trainer but a self tune up helps as much if not more than the tune up on the horse. I have been riding over 60 years and it is easy to slip into bad habits. |
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