I, Melissa Simmons, have been breeding Appaloosa's and App Sporthorses most my life.. I have over 25 years experience with training almost every type of horse, from minis to drafts, babies to stallions. Everything from halter basics, to show, in english pleasure, western pleasure, dressage basics, ranch, barrels, other games, trails and obstacles. I absolutely love training fundamentals, and teaching owners how to better understand their animals. Every horse is different, from their abilities to personalities. I find joy in helping horses discover their confidence and pushing them to their best. We provide training at my place or yours, from hourly sessions to month to month. I have done lessons as well as long as I have a horse to suit the rider. My belief is, not one single horse is like another, whereas, not one training technique works across the board all the time. I try to adjust myself and my training to fit each individual horse and their needs. Also each horse has their own ability and potential, my goal is to find it and get them to their best in what they are designed for. I choose not to force a horse to do something they are not built to do. Every horse that comes in, goes through a ground handling boot camp, I am a strong believer in the horse minding their p's and q's for anyone that wants to handle them. From there, we make progress as fast as the horse allows, some can go from untrained to riding in just days, where some may take weeks.
