Gene Fletcher Professional Farrier
I CARE ABOUT YOUR HORSE
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I started as a farrier in 2004 after attending Meredith Manor International Equestrian Center in Waverly WV ( www.meredithmanor.com ) for a year and a half which is where I got my foundation to the knowledge I use today. I continue my education yearly by going to conventions and clinics. I am a full-time farrier. i also do door to door training and riding lessons. I do clinics and classes for groups, schools, and universities.
Normally you take your horse to the trainer and you think when it comes back it is going to be this new horse. Sometimes it may be for a bit but most of the time they will start to go back to there old ways. If you ever seen me work a horse then hand it over you will notice a difference with each handler. Horses will only do what they have to do. They just want to be lazy Americans!!! I teach people how to deal with and train there horse to do what they want them to do. All in one process.
The same with riding lessons. Some people think it is the horse but most of the time it's the rider not the horse. Every horse is different you can't learn on one horse and expect it to work on all horses. I teach control through riding. The first thing I do when I'm with a new student for the first time is show them how much control they really have. Then we will fix it so they have so much control they can even control the speed of each gait and more.
I’m located in Bentley Creek PA in Bradford County. I do travel. I will travel distance as long as I make a profit. I charge $0.26 a mile if you are farther than 50 miles away from Bentley Creek. I was taught to shoe on jumpers, dressage and reining horses. I do corrective and supportive shoeing. I trim and shoe to the natural angles of the equine. I do a variety of Equines including some gaited horses, Arabians, quarter, thoroughbred, donkeys, mules and other breeds. I'm very reliable, responsible, dependable, determined, enthusiastic, and hard working. I care about horses and use a natural training system that communicates with the horse and shows it what not to do. A person can never tell a horse verbally "no" or tell a horse what not to do.
Example: You go to Japan and eat at a restaurant. You don't speak Japanese and the waiter doesn't speak English. You get done eating and you stab your chopsticks in the food. This waiter told you "no", and you didn't respond. That waiter may get mad after a bit and things may become aggressive. In your head, you think this guy is a jerk and you don't want to be around him anymore.
Welcome to the world most horses live in! This waiter just tried to tell you what not to do, and you can see how this can cause problems. Now, let's see what happens when this waiter shows you what to do. [Same thing] You eat, then stab chopsticks in the food, but this time the waiter shows you what he or she wants by taking the chopsticks out of the food and putting them on the table. You now have communication!
You can test this by putting the chopsticks back, and the waiter will repeat the same. Now you know what the waiter is asking. You just have to choose whether or not to follow it. A reward may encourage you to continue doing things his way.
With horses a reward can be as simple as a pet on the neck or to return the horse back to the stall/pasture. It can be as complex as making the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy (the reward). In the horse industry, it is very easy to sell a person anything because most people don't know a lot about horses -- no matter how much they think they know. I tell my clients, "Take what someone is trying to tell you, put it into human terms so it is easier for you to understand. If it doesn't make sense, it is wrong."
Normally you take your horse to the trainer and you think when it comes back it is going to be this new horse. Sometimes it may be for a bit but most of the time they will start to go back to there old ways. If you ever seen me work a horse then hand it over you will notice a difference with each handler. Horses will only do what they have to do. They just want to be lazy Americans!!! I teach people how to deal with and train there horse to do what they want them to do. All in one process.
The same with riding lessons. Some people think it is the horse but most of the time it's the rider not the horse. Every horse is different you can't learn on one horse and expect it to work on all horses. I teach control through riding. The first thing I do when I'm with a new student for the first time is show them how much control they really have. Then we will fix it so they have so much control they can even control the speed of each gait and more.
I’m located in Bentley Creek PA in Bradford County. I do travel. I will travel distance as long as I make a profit. I charge $0.26 a mile if you are farther than 50 miles away from Bentley Creek. I was taught to shoe on jumpers, dressage and reining horses. I do corrective and supportive shoeing. I trim and shoe to the natural angles of the equine. I do a variety of Equines including some gaited horses, Arabians, quarter, thoroughbred, donkeys, mules and other breeds. I'm very reliable, responsible, dependable, determined, enthusiastic, and hard working. I care about horses and use a natural training system that communicates with the horse and shows it what not to do. A person can never tell a horse verbally "no" or tell a horse what not to do.
Example: You go to Japan and eat at a restaurant. You don't speak Japanese and the waiter doesn't speak English. You get done eating and you stab your chopsticks in the food. This waiter told you "no", and you didn't respond. That waiter may get mad after a bit and things may become aggressive. In your head, you think this guy is a jerk and you don't want to be around him anymore.
Welcome to the world most horses live in! This waiter just tried to tell you what not to do, and you can see how this can cause problems. Now, let's see what happens when this waiter shows you what to do. [Same thing] You eat, then stab chopsticks in the food, but this time the waiter shows you what he or she wants by taking the chopsticks out of the food and putting them on the table. You now have communication!
You can test this by putting the chopsticks back, and the waiter will repeat the same. Now you know what the waiter is asking. You just have to choose whether or not to follow it. A reward may encourage you to continue doing things his way.
With horses a reward can be as simple as a pet on the neck or to return the horse back to the stall/pasture. It can be as complex as making the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy (the reward). In the horse industry, it is very easy to sell a person anything because most people don't know a lot about horses -- no matter how much they think they know. I tell my clients, "Take what someone is trying to tell you, put it into human terms so it is easier for you to understand. If it doesn't make sense, it is wrong."
