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A unique experience in the middle of nature come to learn to take care of horses, ride galore with the gauchos, watch wild animals and beautiful landscape, minimum 3 weeks, novices accepted


We offer different programs which are depending on your capacities and our seasonal work. For novices you have to apply in "General Care". If you stay less than 1 month you can choose only 1 program.
Assistant trainer tacking/untacking, showers warming up, cooling down, bringing horses from paddocks, horsewalker function the closest spot to get advices for riding.

Reproduction bringing mares and foals, checking seasons, foaling, teasing and covering even try ultrasound 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 horsewhispering 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 deworm, 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 horsewhispering 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 horseriding 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.
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