Hi. My name is Misty Waters, the owner, manager, and trainer at Smoke Signals Farm, here in Central Lower Michigan. I would like to welcome you to my site. Please feel free to contact me about any questions, comments, or concerns that you may have about my site, or the services that are offered here at Smoke Signals.

In the past, Smoke Signals specialized in breeding, raising, and training quality APHA, AQHA, and Arabian horses. I have recently decided to focus my attention more on training horses than breeding, because there are already too many nice horses out there that haven't had an opportunity to be trained and given "jobs" or loved by a family. Far too many are ending up in sale barns or, worse.

I strive to produce quiet, willing, and "spook proof" family horses. My gentle training techniques build the horse's trust, self confidence, and encourage willingness to please. Each horse that I train at Smoke Signals will be ridden not only in a corral, but will also gain extensive experience on trails and roads.

I do not believe in "Cowboying" a horse or any other rough treatment and have, on a few occassions, repaired the damage caused by these training "techniques".

No two horses are the same and each one is treated as an individual. If I find something that a horse does not respond positively to, I change my techniques for that animal.

I will take the time to discuss the goals and concerns with the horse owner and do my best to accomplish each goal in a reasonable amount of time. If you want to watch me work your horse, that is easily arranged. I also upload videos of some of the training sessons to YouTube, if you would like to see some of what I do. I will also upload videos of your horse, if you give me permission to do so.

I currently charge $450 per 30 day period beginning in the months of May-September and $500 per 30 day period beginning in the months of October-April ($550 and $600 for stallions). Limited openings.

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