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 all year round, and I train horses in the spring, summer, and first half of fall.
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 $0.20 a mile if you are farther than 60 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."
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 $0.20 a mile if you are farther than 60 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."
