Online Course: Trick Horse Training - Certificate and CEUs
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Online Class: Trick Horse Training

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Basic Course: $59.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $84.00
This course is designed to teach four amazing performance quality horse tricks. Whether you want to break into the equine entertainment industry or just wow people at your barn this class is for you. Any skill level of horse and rider can learn these easy to follow tricks. By the end of the class your horse will know how to give you a kiss and a hug as well as to answer yes and no to humorous questions. Once you have mastered the trick training skills this class will walk you through putting together a performance. You will learn about costume and music selection as well as how to string the tricks together. The last lesson even includes how to market and advertise your performance. There are many books and videos out on how to trick train a horse but none of them give you personal advise from a real trick horse trainer. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

Learn how to teach your horse amazing performance quality tricks. Increase your horse's resell value, expand your training expertise, and enter into a whole new area of the equine industry through trick horse training. This class will provide you with the history of trick horses, trick horses in the media, selecting the perfect trick horse as well as how to break into the equine entertainment industry. In this course you will learn how to train your horse to do four amazing tricks including how to give you a hug and a kiss and how to answer yes and no to various questions. Wheather you want to perform in front of large groups or just impress people in your own barn this is the course for you. The benifits this class has over a book or video tape on the subject is that you have constant live assistance from me at every step. Get the answers to your training questions the day you encounter them and get encouraging support from fellow classmates.
Instructor Angie Senter has these goals for her students in Trick Horse Training: 1) To provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge on the trick horse history and its famous horses. 2) To give students the background on horse behavior and to be able to assess body language changes of a horse. 3) Allow students to evaluate potential trick horses on both confirmation and personality. 4) Enable students to teach a horse how to give a kiss on command. 5) Enable students to teach a horse how to give a hug on command. 6) Enable students to teach a horse how to say yes on command. 7) Enable students to teach a horse how to say no on command. 8) Provide students with knowledge on how to develop and market a trick horse program. 9) Provide students with advise, encouragement, and suggestions throughout their training process.

Angie Senter has an extensive resume. Here's what she's been doing lately: May 2003-Current-Ranch Owner-own and operate Senter's Quarter Horses. 21 acres of Palouse ranch land plays host to a boarding facility, training and lessons arena, breeding services, massage and farrier services as well as trick horse performances and training.


This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. An Introduction to Trick Horse Training and Its Uses - Trick horse training has a host of uses. Learning what areas of trick training that you will utilize will help guide the questions and information that you will garner throughout this course.
  2. The History of Trick Training and Herd Behavior - Learn how trick training was used through the ages and how herd behavior is used as a training aid.
  3. Reading Equine Body Language - In this lesson you will learn how to read and communicate with your horse through body language.
  4. How a Horse Learns - In this lesson you will learn how three important techniques conditioning, shaping and timing help a horse learn tricks.
  5. Selecting a Trick Horse - In this lesson you will learn how to select a successful trick horse.
  6. Kiss Me - Now you are ready to start in on teaching tricks. This lesson will teach your horse how to give you a kiss.
  7. Hug Me - Build on the previous lesson by learning how to teach your horse to hug you. This is a cute trick when used with the "Kiss Me" trick.
  8. Answering Yes - After this lesson your horse will be able to answer "yes" to a whole host of commical questions.
  9. Answering No - What horse wouldn't want to tell you "no" when you enter his stall with a saddle? Now he can do it to impress audiences.
  10. Putting Together A Performance - Now that you have mastered four tricks it is time to put them together in a performance. This lesson will walk you though how to be an excellent showman.
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Optional Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Class Participation
  2. Certificate of Appreciation
  3. Certificate of Merit
  4. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
  5. Certificate of Academic Excellence

There are no necessary state certification programs for trick horse trainers so certificates from this program, although completely for your gratification, look very professional and impressive when starting your own trick horse program.


Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit. Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official. To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service. Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers to verify your achievement).

Additional Information

Course Title : Trick Horse Training
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 10805
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://class.universalclass.com/trick
Course Review :
Instructor : Angie Senter
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $59.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $84.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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