Beyond the Round Pen

Now in its third year, Beyond the Round Pen targets a pressing need.  Many clinicians address colt starting and developing a relationship with your horse, but few address basic horsemanship and the skills necessary for staying safe with your horse in the backcountry.  This two-day course prepares horses and riders for advanced trail and backcountry challenges.  Subjects include survival horsemanship, handling trail obstacles, leg cues, the essential neck rein, improving the walk, carrying gear on your saddle horse in a safe manner, a packing primer, safe hunting on horseback, ponying other horses, exposure to cattle, and horse restraint in the backcountry.  Only mornings are spent in the arena.  Afternoon instruction is in the backcountry on our 1200 acre ranch.  (Limit of 10 participants)

Fee Schedule (identical for all clinics):

Clinic fee $300 per person—Clinic fee includes all meals from Saturday morning through Sunday noon.

Horse Stall/Pen—no charge.  Hay, if needed, available at $5.00 per day.

Horse rental—For Beyond the Round Pen and Ride and Write a limited number of our own horses are available for $100 for the clinic weekend should you be unable to bring your own.

Lodging—in either the Johnson Place Guest House or the Bunkhouse is available at $40 per person per night.

Trailer Parking—Staying in trailers at the arena is permitted.  Limited water and electricity hookups (no AC) $25 per night per trailer.

Deposit of $100 per person is required to hold your place.  Deposit is non-refundable unless clinic is cancelled.

The Instructors

	Dan Aadland, Ph.D., is a lifelong horseman, rancher, and writer.  Author of seven books and many magazine articles (he’s currently a columnist for Equus and The Trail Rider) Dan taught English on high school and college levels while developing, with his wife Emily, a Tennessee Walking Horse breeding and training facility on the ranch that’s been in Emily’s family for 110 years.  A proponent of the multi-skilled backcountry horse, Dan has also been a work horse teamster since logging in the 1980’s with Big Jim, his Belgian stallion.  His interest in draft horses continues, his skills honed frequently by using his team Julie and Lefty for various ranch tasks.
	Emily Aadland, lifetime rancher and retired teacher, assists Dan not only as clinic cook but as an instructional resource with a lifetime of ranch horse experience.
	Travis Young, principal trainer at Absaroka Tennessee Walking Horses, trained his first colt at age 11.  Travis assists in the clinics as scheduling permits.