About Rosi Slater
I am a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor's degree, having double-majored in Psychology and Spanish. The majority of my career prior to creating my own horse boarding facility involved marketing, advertising, management and customer service. I have been fortunate to be able to combine my career skills with my passion - horses. Listed below are additional equine accomplishments that also add to my skill set with horse care, lessons and training.
Equine Accomplishments, Education and Background:
I have served as President of the Bozeman Dressage & Combined Training Club as well as President and Vice President of the Gallatin Saddle & Harness Club 10 years; Board member and Vice President, Gallatin Dressage Inc.; Newsletter editor for Gallatin Saddle & Harness Club, 8 years; Organized and ran all aspects of horse shows, Horse Fair, Horse Sales and Stallion Parades.
Equine Management:
Equine Care:
Training & Education:
Showing:
Reproduction:
The bottom line: You can depend on Rosi.
I am a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor's degree, having double-majored in Psychology and Spanish. The majority of my career prior to creating my own horse boarding facility involved marketing, advertising, management and customer service. I have been fortunate to be able to combine my career skills with my passion - horses. Listed below are additional equine accomplishments that also add to my skill set with horse care, lessons and training.
Equine Accomplishments, Education and Background:
I have served as President of the Bozeman Dressage & Combined Training Club as well as President and Vice President of the Gallatin Saddle & Harness Club 10 years; Board member and Vice President, Gallatin Dressage Inc.; Newsletter editor for Gallatin Saddle & Harness Club, 8 years; Organized and ran all aspects of horse shows, Horse Fair, Horse Sales and Stallion Parades.
Equine Management:
- In addition to previous employment situations where I managed larger groups of employees, I managed daily operations of boarding facility, including scheduling of cleaners, vet and farrier appointments, supplements, grain and hay supplies and grounds maintenance. Successfully managed all the needs of both horses and owners for 20+ years.
- Created several facilities from ground up resulting in profitable horse boarding businesses.
- Responsible for all aspects of horse boarding and training facility, including grounds, fencing, maintenance, repairs, financial needs, etc.
- Managed Corner Gait Ranch, an indoor boarding and training facility, bringing it to a profitable state again.
- Managed Rocky River Horse Farm (2005), an indoor boarding, lesson and training facility in Bloomington, Indiana. Managed all daily operations, responsible for 44+ boarders and horses in training. Ran the lesson program and taught horsemanship, basic riding skills and dressage. Also trained approx. 6 horses/day varying from halter work, finishing to overcoming problem behaviors for both horse and rider.
Equine Care:
- Sole proprietor of horse boarding operation managing 40+ horses/month year round, including stallions, mules, foals, geriatrics and special needs cases.
- Solid understanding of animal husbandry, nutrition, health issues, herd management.
- Excellent communicator, able to create a very warm and inviting, yet professional, environment for boarders to enjoy their horses.
- Stickler for cleanliness and maintaining safety for both horse and owner.
- Familiar with equine massage, chiropractics, dentistry and can assist veterinarian doing anything.
- Strong intuitiveness regarding animals.
Training & Education:
- Strong background in halter-breaking and groundwork.
- Competent to train horses to tie, clip, load, wash, lead and be respectful with safe ground manners.
- Personally have had riding lessons on a weekly basis for past decade to continue my education.
- Rode in clinics with Jack Brainard, Buck Brannaman, Brad Cameron, Laurie Erban, Patrick Severance, Jeremy Steinberg, Sue Sherry, Ruth Shaefer, J.D. Anderson, Missy Fladland, Megan and Jess Holloway, including topics from colt-starting, showing and general horsemanship to reining, equitation and the intricacies of Dressage.
- Clinicked with Paul Belasik for a week at his facility in Pennsylvania. Audited clinics by Axel Steiner, Paul Belasik, Jane Savoie, Bob Avila, Clinton Anderson, Ruth Schaefer, Jill Hassler-Scoop, Jan Ebling, Eckert Meiner and Parreli instructors.
- Attended the National Reining Assoc. (NRA) judging school to become acquainted with scoring system.
Showing:
- Judged 4-H shows, specifically Dressage classes.
- Showed successfully in Open Horse Shows in Western and English on multiple horses of varied levels.
- High Point Award at Montana Winter Fair Show, Open Show Reserve High Point First Level Cottonwood Dressage Show, USDF Multiple wins in Equitation with green horses on up to finished Multiple wins in Dressage at USDF shows, Training, First and Second Levels.
- Successful showing in green-horse Reining classes, Leader of Drill team, grand entries CNFR and other rodeos and parades
Reproduction:
- Attended Northwest Equine Reproduction Services breeding and A.I. clinic.
- Educated in stallion handling and breeding, owned and bred stallion for 8 years. In-depth understanding of the breeding process, including mare and stallion care, reproduction cycles, vet procedures, live cover and A.I. procedures.
- Hand bred many mares. Foaling experience. Have foaled out over 40 babies over the years.
The bottom line: You can depend on Rosi.