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Now there is an app for that
2/12/2010 |
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Dear Subscriber
For immediate release.
After 4 months of giving lessons, training horse, mucking out stalls, doing clinics, and staying up until 2am on many nights, we had some time to build the ultimate training aid. "iHorseTrainer" has just been released in the iTunes App Store.
"How did it get built"?
About 2 years ago, I got an idea from Mary Majetich and Josh Lyons. There had to be a better way to take your training DVD s into the arena to watch them as you work on an exercise with your horse. Mary had bought a set of videos from a well known trainer. She would watch them at night and then run out to the barn
the next day only
to forget the exercise that
she needed to work on. (has that happened to you?)
She went out and bough a small portable DVD player and got the job done.
It wasn't until 8 months ago when I bought my iPhone that I realized what a great platform Apple had developed for the (equine) industry. As I poked around the app store, at that time, there was only one app that was related to training a horses. I could not believe my eyes, there was real opportunity for a quality training app.
I set out on a mission. I spent the next month doing a little research to see if I could find out how to build an iPhone app. I got quotes starting at $10,000 right up to $20,000 and that did not include producing video.There just was no way I could drop $10k on this project. At that time, I was planning my first ground training DVD, but realized that there was a better way to help people with their horses, but I did not have the resources to complete the app.
I started to watch YouTube videos and saw several 13 year old kids making iPhone apps. I looked around and every thing I read said it was easy to build. I said to myself, ""I built a website, "I can do this"". I needed to buy a mac first, then download the SDK, pay the $100 to Apple, and the next thing I knew I was one of 250,000 iPhone developers. After spending another $200 on books, watching more YouTube videos, reading blogs, I found myself many times fast asleep in the chair from reading about Objective-C programing. I realized I was out of my league here, after all, I am a horse trainer not a computer programmer.
I just could not give up. This was a big opportunity I could not pass up. I befriended a semi-retired doctor in Atlanta Georgia (JL Software) that was building his own apps for prenatal care. The next thing I knew, I had a working app. I filled the app with video, text, and images that I had laying around. I then started to test the app with my lesson students to get feed back.
I set out to save myself $10,000 by doing it myself, but only found myself spending it anyway. To say the least, this was not an easy project to complete, but well worth it if I can help bring you closer to your horse. We will also be doing free updates to add more video and content. We plan on releasing 5 more apps, a Dressage app, trail riding app and an advanced riding app later on this year.
I raised my expectations, will you?
We have a new theme this year!
"Raise Your Expectations"
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"iHorseTrainer" "Advanced Ground Training",
now there is an "App for That"! 
This mobile app is FREE and is designed to take you to the next step in developing a stronger foundation; in order to prepare you and your horse for more advanced maneuvers under saddle.
Click on the video of the promo on iHorseTrainer App --->
This is an essential ground tool to give your horse bridle cues with contact to transfer under saddle. If you are missing these exercises, you will find that you will have major gaps in your ability to communicate with your horse. Randy will take you step by step through 21 different body control exercises, with helpful riding tips for both horse and rider. If you are looking to advance your horsemanship...follow these exercise and it will happen!
iHorseTrainer comes with 2 free videos and has 24 videos (120 minutes) at your finger tips if you need additional instructions at $1.99 each. Also included are 110 pages of text, and over 150 images
You will learn how to:
"Going Forward"
"Following the Nose"
"Disengaging Hips"
"Stopping"
"Back Up"
"Shoulders Over"
"Pivoting on Hips"
"Side Pass"
"Respect" comes from controlling the horse's feet. Horses will automatically give you their attention and respect when you become their leader by controlling their feet. "Bridle Work" in "iHorseTrainer" will fix many problems of respect and improving the attention span of the horse if you follow this program.
<----Clink on the App Store icon
to download iHorseTrainer.
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Horse Fairs & Expos.
Now that iHorseTrainer is finally available, we have rented booths both at the Northwest Horse Fair in Albany Oregon, and one at the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison Wisconsin. Come by and say hi.
 
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