Jerry Schmidt

Jerry is a man of many talents. Owner of Freedom Farm with wife Mary, he has been in the cow business for 35 years. This experience has taught him a lot about herd dynamics and how to move around prey animals with a quiet confidence. When he met Mary in 1994, she was passionate about natural horsemanship, particularly Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Jerry began working with horses and was able to pass his Level 1 in a very short time, due to his calm way of being. That was just the beginning of his journey into further study of natural methods of horse handling and health care.

After five years of study and helping horses with the most difficult of hoof problems, Jerry became a teacher for the International Center for Equine Arts. He then began studying natural balance dentistry with Spencer LaFlure, aka "The Tooth Fairy," and has accumulated hundreds of hours in equine dentistry.