"My friends and I trailer our horses every week for our scheduled lessons with Pat Chambers. I began taking lessons with Pat in 2008 and have been taking them ever since...Pat has a wonderful training ability, keeping us focused on the task, teaching us not only about our horses and how to communicate with them more effectively, but she also clearly defines the cause and effect of our body position so we understand why we may have or may not have gotten the desired result from our horse. It is nice to have an instructor not only with an incredible training ability, but someone who is also very pleasant, positive, encouraging and enjoyable to be around. Her delivery is not only professional, but she also has the absolute personality to bring out the fun, and she keeps you looking forward to your next lesson."
Happy Trails... Pam Vilmar
"Knowledgeable, committed and organized, Pat and Rich employ a distinctly unique ability to blend their distinct training/riding disciplines to the benefit of both human and equine student. They are gifted in working with both horses and people.
The horse's psychological and physical well-being as well as the safety and education of the rider are top priority. The horse is evaluated for any health concerns that may interfere with a positive training outcome as well as any bad habits that may need correction. The human client is trained to "think like a horse" and to recognize his horse partner as a prey animal with a natural instinct to flee fearful or uncomfortable situations. Pat and Rich work with the horse to manage his fear and learn respect for human alpha leaders. The rider learns to become a responsible leader and caregiver to their equine partner.
Pat and Rich are professional, patient and intuitive teachers and have excellent communication skills. Their extensive observation and evaluation of rider and equine gives Pat and Rich a better insight into the make-up of the nature, ability, weaknesses of each horse and rider as individuals allowing them to formulate a training curriculum specially designed to the needs of the client. Calm, assertive training and gentle firmness evolves into a partnership of respect, friendship and the development of a highly effective working relationship between the horse and rider. Pat and Rich have an ability to break down tasks for horse and rider making learning those tasks more manageable to practice and perfect. This helps build skills and boost the confidence of horse and rider.
I highly recommend using "East Meet West Horsemanship" for your rider/horse training needs."
Deb Michela and Lukie
