Horse Care in Argentina

  Argentina

Corrientes

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Any time

Description: Learning to Take Care of Horses
The ranch offers a complete program on how to take care of horses from birth to training and showing: stable management, taming foals, starting young horses (american horse whispering methods) basic veterinary care including reproduction in due period , western riding .....

To satisfy the demands we decided to offer shorter stays, from 3 weeks, and more specific positions as following :

Assistant trainer : tacking/untacking, showers; warming up, cooling down, bringing horses from paddocks, horse-walker function; the closest spot to get advices for riding.

Reproduction : bringing mares and foals, checking seasons, foaling, teasing and covering even try ultra-sound palpation; all you want to know about reproduction! Only between November and March (dates to be confirmed for this season).

Working with foals and yearlings : all the tricks! and the animals to practice! How to put a head collar, make them follow, give legs, turn around, get their hooves done. Course on horse-whispering technics. Only from November to June.         

Treatments and general horse care : how to cure different wounds, skins desease, mud fever, hooves problems, ticks, how to de-worm, shower, feed etc; you'll never get bewildered if your vet is not at hand!

General stable management : care of horses in stables, mucking out, bandaging, exercizing, feeding, hooves care etc... ready to have your own horse at home!

Trimming and general hooves care : course with professional farrier, practice during 4 weeks , course to finish, eventually shoeing.

Starting young horses : horse-whispering method., long reining, riding your horse in 3 days, and after..... How to face some difficulties like loading a horse, backing up, crossing water, a horse which bites etc...

Apprentice Gaucho: all day with the gauchos, weither bringing cows, branding calves, or doing sanitary treatments, lassooing etc. The experience of one life! (good level horse-riding required).

General care : you want to do a little bit of every thing, depending on your capacities and time, (can be for example one week for each, an overview of all the ranch.

For each position specific written informations will be provided.

The fees are :US$180.- (or equivalent in Euros) per person per week for the first 4 weeks and then US$ 130. per week until 2 months. Longer period on request. These fees cover food and lodging. Teaching is in exchange of help in the different tasks with the horses.

Detailed informations and conditions will be sent when applying.

Highlights: Rounding up cattle and horses with the Gauchos, deepen skills in western riding with the Quarter Horses. Llearn technics of the horse whisperers and enjoy the peaceful countryside and the rich wildlife.

Qualifications: An ideal candidate would be a person who is a horse lover, mature, thoughtful, enthusiastic and flexible. Generally speaking, no qualification is required.

Cost in US$: From 540.-

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Mature, thoughtful, enthusiastic , flexible, horse lover.

Age Range: 20-35

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Argentina Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Resume
• Written Application

Year Founded: 1986