Justin Kenney from Tad Coffin Performance Saddles brought Buster into our classroom to discuss the performance horse’s back. He was always nearby and was relieved no one put any saddles on him! Stephen Day, our president and CEO, talks about the challenges he has faced finding the right saddle for his horse, Chorey.Ĭynthia, one of our assistant call center managers, about to try her hand at adjusting a Genesis Tree.īrennan had a great time at camp. Kimberly Stinson and our associates find the perfect PDS for Buster! Keith Brooks from Stubben and Robert, our short backed model. Our Classroom/ Office for Saddle camp! Didn’t hurt that we had three beautiful sunny days!Ĭarry Wallace and our saintly model, Liam!Ĭary demonstrates the fit of the Steffens Advantage on a different horse.īuster was our deceivingly wide model! He’s ready for his turn.Īssociates discussing the best Pessoa panel for this horse after learning about the Pessoa Master Fit system.Ĭhorey actually seemed to enjoy the attention as everyone assessed the fit of this saddle!īuster is ready to try on some Stubben saddles. Take a look at some of the pictures below! Call 1-800- 989-1500 or visit your local Dover Saddlery and we’ll be happy to discuss your saddle needs with you. We look forward to helping you find your next saddle! We’ve got a saddle option for everyone- all disciplines, all budgets and all horse types! All of our stores maintain a well stocked saddle room, and have access to 1000’s more. They are all eager to share what they’ve learned with other employees in their stores, and ultimately, with you, our fantastic Dover customers! Along the way, we encountered some great saddle fit challenges, and our associates, under the close supervision of our invited experts, worked together to solve each of them.Īrmed with tons of fresh information and excellent contacts and support from all the saddle reps, each of our associates enthusiastically headed home. We asked all our experts to bring a wide range of their saddles in different widths and styles so we could find the best solution for each horse. Afterwards, our entire group moved into the arena and had the opportunity to see everything in action on horses. This all took place in our make shift tent “classroom”. They reviewed the construction from the inside out, and showed our associates the trees of their saddles. We invited representatives from Bates, Wintec, Collegiate, Vega by Amerigo, Passier, Pessoa, Ovation, PDS, Custom Saddlery, Stubben, Marcel Toulouse and Tad Coffin and they all enthusiastically accepted our invitation to share their knowledge with our associates.Įach representative gave a comprehensive overview of the specific features and benefits of their saddle brand. Best of all, this overview provided everyone with a very strong foundation for the rest of the seminar.Ĭamp continued with brand specific training sessions led by the principal experts from all the saddle brands we carry at Dover Saddlery. It’s great to read about these concepts and learn about them in a classroom, but all the associates agreed that actually seeing the saddles on horses of varied shapes and sizes really drove the message home. Best of all, we used several different horses to visually demonstrate his points. Gary has an impressive resume as an equine physiologist and a lifelong independent saddle fitter, including some time as the official saddle fitter to the United States Equestrian Team! He provided an extremely thorough overview of saddle fit concepts, equine anatomy as it applies to saddle fit and correct use of shims and correction pads. We affectionately called this seminar “Dover Saddle Camp 2013!”Ĭamp started with an introduction from Gary Severson, better known as the Saddle Doctor. That’s why we recently brought key employees from all of our retail stores and from all of our call centers together for three days of intensive, hands on saddle training at a beautiful equestrian facility near our headquarters in Massachusetts. We’re serious about saddles at Dover Saddlery, and we are equally serious about providing our employees opportunities to learn and gain knowledge. What happens when you combine 100 saddles, 25 Dover Saddlery associates, 12 Saddle Fit Experts, 8 horses and 1 big white tent? Dover Saddle Camp 2013!
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