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Keeping Kids Safe at the Barn

by Laura Jane Thompson

We’ve been talking this week about getting to know your riding lesson students, but you also need to know as much as you can about your adult employees and clients. Keeping kids safe at the barn means putting them in a secure, threat-free environment.

I don’t know if it’s going too far to ask to ask horse business owners to run background checks on their clients, but you should definitely be running them on employees. If your new horse trainer has been convicted of assault in six states, he shouldn’t be working at your farm. Period.

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Questions to Ask Your Students

by Laura Jane Thompson

A reader named Lisa left a particularly insightful comment on my article about dealing with hyperactive students. She said, in part:

Now I am straightforward about asking parents and students about any medications or learning disabilities. Don’t be afraid to ask these questions – we instructors are teachers and we need to know these things to give the student the best of our own abilities!

And she is absolutely right. The more you know about your students, the more effective you will be as a riding instructor.

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Dealing with Aggressive Horsemen
in the Horse Business

by Laura Jane Thompson

You have the right to decide what activities go on at your barn. If a client or employee makes you uncomfortable with his treatment of people or horses, you can ask him to leave. It’s that simple.

Aggressive horsemen are not unique, and you are bound to get one at your barn sooner or later. Maybe he uses those wicked-looking spurs that could puncture the hide of a rhinoceros, or perhaps he feels that kicking his horse is appropriate punishment for stepping out of line. Whatever the case, we all draw the line at “too aggressive” differently, and it’s up to you to decide what flies.

But before you kick an aggressive horseman out of your barn:

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Farm Freebies: Horse Boarding Equine Evaluation Template

by Laura Jane Thompson

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Most horse boarding business owners check out their human clients before allowing them to move in. But what about your equine customers?

Horses can cause as much damage to an equine facility as their owners—if not more. Protect your horse business by evaluating all potential boarders before you offer up a stall.

Today’s Farm Freebie: Horse Boarding Equine Evaluation template.

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