Stormhaven Academy was created to give students fundamental knowledge and experience around gaited horses. We go in depth and teach all about horse care, learning behavior, interspecies interaction, gaits, horse training and more.
We also try to give each student a basis on which they can grow and continue learning. Students will have the chance to work with their own horses and/or our own to further their skills and develop a better feeling for the horse.
To keep in touch with our students we required regular updates on their progress, to know where they are and if they are ready to advance to the next class. By completion of this program you earn the title Stormhaven Graduate and will receive a Diploma.
Courses
1. Horse Care and Health
We go over the fundamentals of horse care, diseases and upkeep. We talk about hoof care and proper tack, saddle fitting and finding the right bit.
2. Social Behavior
To understand a horse you have to know it's language. We will watch horses interacting in a herd and do a few practical exercises to study human-horse interactions.
3. Gymnastics for gaited horses
we teach dressage lessons and other good exercises to stretch those muscles and give a good foundation to perform gaits.
4. How to train a horse
We briefly explain different methods of learning, such as Operant and Classic Conditioning, tactile and observational learning and how all of these can be combined to properly train a horse. Each horse has a different personality and learning ability, which we will explore in practical lessons.
5. Special Gaits
Here we will focus on the gaits which make our horses special. We will go into detail and check out the foot patterns, speed, extension and more. The gaits we will focus on depends on the horse the student is riding. We will also have the opportunity to see different breeds and their gaits.
6. Final Exam
This is a freestyle performance of the student. They can choose if they want to ride on the track or arena. All gaits of their horse must be shown, student may choose in what order. We want to see nicely separated gaits and a clean beat. In this exam errors are acceptable, especially if riding a young horse, since we want to see how mistakes and errors are handled by the rider.
At completion of all courses you will receive a Diploma you can add to your website and in game.
How to register:
Sign up by clicking the "Sign Up" button. Tell us if you will be joining with your own horse or if you are interested in one of our horses.
After joining you will receive an email with the Stormhaven file. It is the basic shell of the main Stormhaven barn you can use to take the pictures on. This is not a requirement, but helpful for role play purposes.
You start with course 1 and work your way through each course. A course is completed by sending in a submission.
Feel free to study up on the topics however this is purely for roleplay, no actual knowledge is required. Just have fun with it. The submission will not be judged.
In the submission you can write whatever you like about the course you took. You can write an anecdote, about what you have learned, a lesson you struggled or succeeded with or whatever you like. Add at least one picture to your story and send it off.
With your permission the submission will be published on Tumblr , this website and/or possibly Equus-Sims (in the near future). Submissions can also stay private, if explicitly asked for.
1. Horse Care and Health
We go over the fundamentals of horse care, diseases and upkeep. We talk about hoof care and proper tack, saddle fitting and finding the right bit.
2. Social Behavior
To understand a horse you have to know it's language. We will watch horses interacting in a herd and do a few practical exercises to study human-horse interactions.
3. Gymnastics for gaited horses
we teach dressage lessons and other good exercises to stretch those muscles and give a good foundation to perform gaits.
4. How to train a horse
We briefly explain different methods of learning, such as Operant and Classic Conditioning, tactile and observational learning and how all of these can be combined to properly train a horse. Each horse has a different personality and learning ability, which we will explore in practical lessons.
5. Special Gaits
Here we will focus on the gaits which make our horses special. We will go into detail and check out the foot patterns, speed, extension and more. The gaits we will focus on depends on the horse the student is riding. We will also have the opportunity to see different breeds and their gaits.
6. Final Exam
This is a freestyle performance of the student. They can choose if they want to ride on the track or arena. All gaits of their horse must be shown, student may choose in what order. We want to see nicely separated gaits and a clean beat. In this exam errors are acceptable, especially if riding a young horse, since we want to see how mistakes and errors are handled by the rider.
At completion of all courses you will receive a Diploma you can add to your website and in game.
How to register:
Sign up by clicking the "Sign Up" button. Tell us if you will be joining with your own horse or if you are interested in one of our horses.
After joining you will receive an email with the Stormhaven file. It is the basic shell of the main Stormhaven barn you can use to take the pictures on. This is not a requirement, but helpful for role play purposes.
You start with course 1 and work your way through each course. A course is completed by sending in a submission.
Feel free to study up on the topics however this is purely for roleplay, no actual knowledge is required. Just have fun with it. The submission will not be judged.
In the submission you can write whatever you like about the course you took. You can write an anecdote, about what you have learned, a lesson you struggled or succeeded with or whatever you like. Add at least one picture to your story and send it off.
With your permission the submission will be published on Tumblr , this website and/or possibly Equus-Sims (in the near future). Submissions can also stay private, if explicitly asked for.