Why does Mission Farrier School include Natural Horsemanship training as part of the curriculum?
We believe whole-heartedly that if you can aspire to become a good horseman (or woman), then you cant help but become a good farrier. We hear far too many stories of farriers beating up on horses. Where a swift correction is sometimes necessary, loosing your temper and beating a horse is never a good outcome for the horse and usually not for the farrier either. Natural Horsemanship helps us work with a horse not against him. If you look at the Case Study on Harley, you will see Mark shoeing him loose in the round pen. Harley is our daughter Lauras horse, and perhaps because he is ours, we expected him to be good to shoe. However he would totally loose his mind when it came to shoeing him. We don’t know what his past history was with his shoeing, but his behavior was nothing short of panic. After much discussion, we finally decided to shoe him in the round pen, loose, with no halter and no lead. He became a pleasure to shoe. Having nothing on his head, and giving him the freedom to move
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