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Horse Matchmaking 101: Evaluation and Training
Garret Leonard
Director
Dumb Friends League
Harmony Equine Center
Franktown, Colorado
harmonyequinecenter.org
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Harmony Equine CenterIn 2012, The Dumb Friends League opened the
Harmony Equine Center as a full-service intake and
sheltering facility for abused and neglected equines who
have been removed from owners’ care by law
enforcement authorities.
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Accommodates impounds from a single animal up to large-scale
impounds.
168-acre facility: includes 4 sizable, well-equipped barns for
intake & impound, isolation, treatment & training and adoptions
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Harmony Equine Center
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Standards to Follow
• Establish guidelines that you follow and stick to them
• Take in horses who fulfill the mission and goals of your
organization
• Definition and standards equine evaluation
• Compromised quality of life
• Taking in horses you can’t place based on emotion
• Unadoptable horses due to behavior or medical conditions
• It’s hard to say no!
• Looks can be deceiving
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Unadoptable horses can hinder the number of horses you help
• Chronic health problems: lameness, contagious diseases
• Dangerous: aggression toward humans by intentionally or
maliciously biting, kicking or striking
• Older, unhandled stallions or cryptorchid of any age
• No respect for human space
• Horses are dangerous enough
• Horses that do not respond to re-training
• Rescues are not sanctuaries
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3 Phase Program Evaluation Process
• Medical plan
• Behavior assessment
• Placement opportunities
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Record Animal Information
• Body Condition Score
• Age
• Weight
• Height
• Markings
• Color
• Equine type
• Lameness
• Farrier
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Health Examination
• Temperature
• Heart rate
• Respiratory rate
• Lungs
• Sand
• Eyes
• Lymph nodes
• Teeth
• Lameness issues
• Establish feeding protocol and medical treatment
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Medical Treatment Plan
• Establish a veterinarian approved treatment plan
• Feeding protocol
• Sand clear
• Dental floats
• Vaccinations
• Lameness
• Farrier
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Basic Behavior Evaluation
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Step 1: Lameness
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Things to Look for
• Stands tied
• Stands tied close to other horses
• Can be approached in turnout
• Calm when haltered
• Moves hindquarters away from pressure on hind
• Stands calmly while body is brushed
• Picks up all four feet and stands calmly while foot is held
• Stand calmly for blanket/fly sheet
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Things to Look for
• Stands calmly for fly spray
• Stands calmly while legs hosed with water
• Stands calmly for rectal temperature
• Stands calmly for oral administration of fluid from syringe or tube
• Leads, turns, stops and backs
• Led through a gate
• Calmly trailer loads and unloads
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Step 2: Horse Temperament
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Things to Look for
• Kicks
• Bites
• Hard to catch/handle
• Run’s over handler
• Fearful
• Strikes
• Rears
• Threatening/Aggressive
• Fights with other horses
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Training Techniques
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Step 3 Moving with a Saddle
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Training Techniques• Natural horsemanship (Pressure and Release)
• Not every horse is a riding horse
• Find what a horse does best
• Pass the basic behavior test
• Not every horse can be trained
• Willing to learn
• 30 day increments
• Record progress
• We didn’t create the problems − it’s up to us to find solutions
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Training Techniques
• Professional trainers
• Saddle horses
• Ground work
• Volunteers
• Farrier
• Veterinarians
• Staff
• If you can’t afford a trainer, at least invest in someone to
help evaluate your horses
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Step 4: Riding
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Training Techniques
• Invest in the evaluation process.
• We have evaluated hundreds of horses for rescues and
found they are misinformed on what the horse is and
what the horse is best suited for.
• People don’t tell the truth when they surrender horses.
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Right Fit for Your Program
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Making the Match
• The horse has been evaluated, trained and passed your
evaluations. If you don’t know your horses, how can you
make a match?
• Team has evaluated the horse and everyone agrees the
horse is ready to be shown
• 3 lessons with adopters
• No home is perfect
• Don’t make it so restrictive
• No one is good enough
• Take time with adopters
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Not a Fit for this Program
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Making the Match
• Develop a Follow Up Program
• Stay in communication for the first 60 days
• Be honest about the horses limitations and abilities
• Interview the adopter to really get to know what they are
looking for and what they plan on doing
• Plans and lives change
• Don’t over or under sell your horse
• Take the time and work with adopter
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Questions to Ask Adopters
• What are your goals?
• What is the age range you are interest in?
• What is your size range?
• What is your experience level?
• Are you willing to work with a trainer?
• What is your perfect horse?
• How many days a week do you plan on riding or working
with the horse?
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How We Find Adopters• Attend local events: Horse Expo, Colorado Horse Park, Douglas
County Fairgrounds, Colorado State University
• Host continuing education classes for community
• Television interviews
• Equine comeback challenge
• Adoption Days Fri-Sun
• Harmony Horse Expo
• Community papers
• Radio advertising
• Print advertising
• Social media