TWIN FIRS RANCH
"Meet the Trainers"
17522
250th St. E.
Orting, WA 98360
360-893-3351
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| Rancher Gold and Donald Weeks win High Point 2004-2005 #3 Class Team Sorting at Tacoma Unit, Tacoma Washington. |
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Neil Weeks wins 2005-2006 Team Sorting Series at Tacoma Unit Winter Series Ranch Sorting
Meet The Trainers: Neil Weeks Neil Weeks has been with Twin Firs Ranch for just over 4 years. Transplanted from Southern California where he had spent the last 20 years as a general contractor and rough stock rodeo competitor Neil has brought a new level of training to the Twin Firs Ranch. Neil has been there, he has done that. He works with the horses with a confidence that comes from dealing with rough stock that makes these horses we start look and feel like Shetland ponies. He also knows the difference between cowboying and training. They are two separate issues. One is done to earn a paycheck and the respect of peers that may only last a short time. The other is done to earn a friend and develop a partnership that will last a lifetime. Neil has started well over 100 horses in the past two years alone. Our clients have been impressed with his abilities and compliment him on his success. They note that the horses that were originally fearful now have a totally different attitude toward humans. They have been trained, they have been communicated with, they have been a part of his life and are ready to be a positive part of the owners’ life.
Please feel free to call Neil and discuss your horse’s needs today. 360-893-1849 – Home phone 253-761-6067 – Cell phone
Donald Weeks
Donald’s training philosophy is a mixture of many of the modern day clinicians, observations of watching his father, Everett Weeks, and many hours in the training pen with horses of all ages, breeds, and temperaments. Experience, equine knowledge, and compassion are well honed tools he possesses. They were not earned overnight but rather through a lifetime around horses and a family of horsemen.
Donald’s strongest virtues is the ability to truly read horses, identify the root of their problems, identify what works best with each one, and then use that skill to develop a relationship that allows the horse to trust the human, respect the human, and ultimately allow the human to gain control of the horses emotions through thoughtful leadership. Every horse is born a follower and Donald sets himself up to be the leader with every horse. Once this is accomplished which is actually the most difficult part of training, the rest flows naturally.
Donald does not use physical overpowering as a means to establish dominance. In fact he has always understood the reasoning behind allowing the horse to make the choices. Correct choices earn a horse a simple reward such as rest and comfort. The wrong choice earns the horse extra work which brings its thinking side of the brain into play and ultimately the correct decisions are made through patience and simply waiting on the horse. Overpowering a horse gets the horse to thinking you will always over power him so he depends on it. Light and subtle hand motion means nothing to those that depend on strong handed handling. Donald changes that for the better.
Watch Donald Weeks ride a horse anywhere; whether it is a colt‘s first ride or his stallion Rancher Gold running a reining pattern and you will see a slack rein, the horse’s head even with the withers, and a relaxed state of mind between both human and horse. This is confidence, shown not only in the human but as well with the horse itself. Physical overpowering does not achieve this. Mental preparation, trustful leadership, and rewarding correct behavior immediately are the keys to achieving a bond between human and rider that appears and actually is symbiotic.
Donald’s accomplishments:
If you have any questions for Donald Weeks please feel free to call anytime. 360-893-3351 – Home phone 253-632-8021 – Cell phone
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