My name is Jerry Linker. I would like to apologize for not understanding your
rules and regulations. I was asked to come to this board to help some other
people out that were having problems with Tom. I have thought this thing over
since I sent my first message to this board. Let me explain the horse world.
There are two worlds here. 1- People who have horses and just ride for fun or
occasionally go to a show or competition just for fun. These people have a job
and work an 8 hour day away from their horses. They love their horses, they
care for them and do the best they know how. 2- Then we have the world where
men and women both feed their families, pay their bills and support their whole
life style on what their horses achieve that month. No achievements no money!
These people have to have a person such as myself that can guarantee them their
horses are setting on go 7 days a week. They can't afford to hear from a vet
or farrier, that, they have to lay their horse off from work or training. If
they did many would starve. I shoe several 100 top Qtr Horses, Arabians &
Hunters. The majority of my people are professionals. Meaning their family
eats off of what these horses bring in. In return my family eats off of what I
can do to help these people. I am not a Psychic but, I would say from reading
the majority of the messages on the board that I have not read one yet that was
written by a horse owner that makes his living, excluding Farriers, Vets, on
the back of a horse. The people who make their living in other ways other than
horses most times have a very limited knowledge base as to what really goes on
in the horse industry. The lameness end is so indepth that it would take years
of every day work for anyone to get a taste of what is available on the market
to treat these types of problems.
Such as this example: I imagine everyone here drives cars, everyday. Some for
hours on end. You may think you are a pretty good driver and you probably are.
But this coming Sunday they are racing at Daytona. Those drivers are
professionals and they know what they are doing. You & I are just drivers.
They would blow us out of the water with their knowlege. Professional Hor***
versus weekend hor***, same difference. Point being when you make your
living at something you had better be better than just good.
I am not pointing fingers or trying to be controversial. But, if there is a
horseman on this board that lives, eats, sleeps and drinks horses 7 days a
week, providing for his family this way please let us know. I think if you are
you will agree me on this point.
I admit I am not too good at explaining things to the weekend horseman. They
want to be pampered and petted. It really doesn't matter if they ride old
spotty this week or not. I am used to dealing with professionals in this
business daily. I don't have to explain this knowledge base to him. He knows
and if he doesn't we talk on a professional level and he learns quickly.