Dove Hill's Educational Programs

Rebecca and Strechy doing their last ride together.  He was two and she was three when they first rode together but now she was 11 and he was 10

At Dove Hill the education has come from many years of Horsemanship.  Rebecca, the founder and owner, has ridden since she was three years old in Upstate NY.  She started bare back with her black pony stallion named Strechy.  The family aquired the rest of the herd of ponies which she broke bare back up to the age of 12, from the local auction.  At this young age she was unfortunate to experience horse abuse when her parents were going through a divorce.  She ,even though the youngest, would spend the next two years trying to care for the only family she knew.  Unfortunately, half the herd died due not being immunized properly and the other half sold back through the auction.  But Strechy was moved to a new stable in Vernmont.  For the next three years she did not talk a word until her father put her on a the back of a TB where she felt at home again.  This picture of her and her beloved stallion is the testimony to what she has learned about caring, riding and saving what she has always loved.  She hopes that with these and local classes through the local agriculture center people and horses will not experience what she and her herd did.

 Programs offered here at Dove Hill Horse Ranch

• Equire Educational Foster Care Program  where you learn to care for a rescued horse at Dove Hill and learn basic horse care
• Fatten Up Program where owners who have had horses a long time or you have aquired a rescue and learn to get the horse in shape
• The When To Breed Program is where you learn what to breed, how to become economically prepared, when not to breed, what not to breed.  How to train a baby so you can get the perfect horse. Just because it is beautiful does not mean you should breed it. 

You can get up to 90 hours of knowledge in all three programs or two or just one for $150 which goes directly to Dove Hill

NOTE:  We will also send you to the local agriculture center to get more information as well.  Knowledge and Education is power.  This power is what helps you prevent horse abuse and mis handling.