Advanced Saddle Building

Course Content:

• Orientation…..4 hours

• Saddle history beginning with the early 1880’s…..2 hours

• How the western saddle emerged and changed to meet the different demands…..1 hours

• Western saddle building procedures and methods…..6 hours

• Sitting saddles, inherent problems with saddles and animal conformation…..6 hours

• Information on saddle styles for intended use…..1 hours

• Types of leather and how to deal with inherent leather problems…..5 hours

• Saddle building tools, sewing machines, and general procedures…..6 hours

• Demonstration saddles, we build two, a wide swell and a slick for style…..50 hours

• Designing and tooling to make your saddle a custom design…..4 hours

• Each student designs and builds one custom western saddle…..107 hours

Commitment:

• 4 weeks, 192 classroom hours

• Monday-Saturday, 8 hours per day

$7,000 Tuition Breakdown*:

• Tuition and Instruction: $4,500.00

• Saddle Building Supplies: $1,500.00

• Additional Instruction: $500.00

• Room: $500.00: Your room is not included in your tuition. We have rooms in the school where you can live during your class. Each room includes kitchen items for cooking and a refrigerator for your food. Your $500.00 deposit not only ensures your place in class but will also reserve your bedroom.

Deposit required before arrival to save your place in the class: $500.00

Total due before or upon arrival not including deposit: $6,500.00

*Rates are subject to change

VA STUDENTS: Amount that will be charged to the VA not including deposit = $6,500.00