Michelle Jerry Horsemanship 

3-Week Apprenticeship

Training Program 

 

Participants in the apprenticeship program will complete fifteen days of training.  

• Week 1 March 3rd-7th 8am-5pm 

• Week 2 March 10th-14th 8am-5pm  

• Week 3 March 17th-21st 8am-5pm Saturday

• March 22 Award Banquet 5pm at Blueberry Bowling Alley/ Families are invited.  ​

 

 

Tuition:

$5000.00  

A $1000.00 non-refundable deposit must be paid by November 1st, 2024. 

Payment plan available. Contact Michelle or Tedi for details.  

Training must be paid in full before February 1st, 2025. 

 

You will work with four different horses ranging in training levels from unbroke to well-broke.

•  You will need to bring 3 personal horses. ( H&H will provide 1 private paddock for each participant. Water and hay for your horses will be included in the price of your tuition.) 

• An additional horse will be provided to each participant by H&H Arena. These horses will be worked with as a team. 

• Any grain or supplements are the participants responsibility.

• All participants will have access to our onsite therapies after each clinic day at no cost.

       (This will be on your time. Magna wave, Bemer, and Thera plate.  We ask that everyone takes turns using the therapy equipment. We want to           take care of our horses; they will be working hard for us.)

• Coggins required for each horse. Out of state horses are required to have a health certificate. 

• Students are responsible for their own housing and meals. (Please contact H&H for details on housing opportunity's.)

 

 

 

• You will master the Michelle Jerry Horsemanship Training in areas such as foundation and advanced ground control, bridle work, starting the unbroke/young ones, foundation riding to advanced riding.  

 

1. A written test on theory and psychology. 

2. Physical requirements must be met and pass the test to receive your accreditation.  

3. You will receive a list the first part of the week and we will test on at the end of every week. 

4. Each participant will be required to teach 2-3 lessons a week with one of our H&H lesson students. 

5. In the unlikely event that a student should fail the test they are allowed to study, practice and retest two more additional times at no extra cost. 

 

Topics in our 3 weeks. 

 

        Week 1 

• Learning why horses do the things they do, understanding how they communicate with their humans, and having effective training exercises allows you to connect with your equine partner. Also giving you the knowledge and experience to help others.  

 

• Topics covered in ground control: natural horsemanship definition, two-way communication with your horse, how horses learn, evaluating the whole picture to address common issues, and much more. Skills learned include respect, desensitizing, engaging your horse’s feet, lunging, moving hind and forequarters, flexion, backing and more. 

 

• Starting the unbroke/young, teaching forward motion, round penning, working young ones from saddle horse and more.  

 

 

          Week 2  

 

• You will work on basics to the bridle, understanding softness and flexion in your horse’s head, neck, shoulders, ribcage, and hindquarters. 

  

• We will cover riding with balance and feel, the art of using your hands, seat, and legs to communicate with your horse.  You will learn and develop stops, lateral movement, and begin the process of creating a finished horse. 

 

          Week 3   

 

•  We will be covering advanced level maneuvers that will include everything from soft transitions, to collected stops and simple lead changes. You will gain a firm understanding of bits and how to decide when and where to use them. With this program you will understand how to attain complete body control.  

 

 What you will take away from this experience

 

• You will walk away from the apprenticeship program with the tools to understand your own horse, helping others through lessons and developing your own training business.  

 

• This is a life-changing experience that trainers will use to launch their own business or grow in their own horsemanship.  After passing the written exam and physical test you must also help teach two clinics with Michelle as an assistant trainer. (This needs to be done in the same year as the accreditation)

 

• Each participant that successfully completes each requirement will receive the title of Michelle Jerry Horsemanship Accredited Trainer, Michelle Jerry Horsemanship Accreditation Buckle and Jacket.    
   

• Trainers successfully completing this level can be added to the Michelle Jerry Horsemanship reference list and will be allowed to use Michelle Jerry Horsemanship endorsement with prior approval. 

 

• To maintain Michelle Jerry Horsemanship Accreditation, you are required to assist in clinic with Michelle at your convenience once every year. 

 

• A yearly 5 Day Accreditation Training will be offered to help continue your education.  

 

The Michelle Jerry Accreditation Program is designed to take you to the next level, whether becoming a professional trainer or to advanced your personal horsemanship. This program teaches a level of horsemanship that would normally take a lifetime to learn and open the door to new adventures in horsemanship. You will master finish, understand balance and timing. Once you have mastered these concepts there is no stopping you in your horsemanship pursuits. 

Some of the requirements for completion of the Trainer Program are speed transitions, canter departures, correct, simple and flying lead changes, rollbacks, and spins, stops, one handed riding and loping a true side-pass/ half pass. After passing the written exam and physical test you must also help teach two – 3-day clinics with Michelle as an assistant trainer. 
 

Required Tools 

• Training Halter and Lead 

• Surcingle 

• Full Cheek Snaffle Setup ( available for purchase) 

• Stick and string 

• Dressage whip 

• Carriage whip 

• Lunge whip 

• Training forks 

• Saddle 

• Saddle Pads, good to have extras 

• Variety of Bits 

• Coolers 

• Winter blankets (recommended)