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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | So I come out to the barn today and notice my horse's feet look different...freshly shod. I look closer and don't recognize the nail clinches. I confirm with my shoer that it's not his work and now I'm ****ED. My horse was just shod 2 weeks ago and his feet look like ****. I know the BO had his horses done today and he did mine also. Why? I have no clue but I'm livid. We were makin slot of progress on getting his feet correct and now we're back to square one. |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | I'd be confronting BO and asking why. |
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | Looks like he got mine mixed up with another horse. What do I expect of the wrongful shoer? Pay for my next shoeing? Or tough $hit? |
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Location: Minnesota | Was your So home when the shoeing happened or was the shoer just suppose to take the horses out on his own?
I know that our shoer just comes over and we leave them in a pen by the barn so they are easy to grab and he doses them why the family is at work and school.
In my opinion if the shoer didn't know and no one was home why should it be his fault? I would ask the so to pay for my next shoeing. NOT the shoer fault that no one was there (if thats what happened and it sounds like it did)
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Boot Detective
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| O-M-G I would be beyond ****ed. The fact that the shoer reset a horse that should obviously not need it 2 weeks after being done says a lot about the shoer's lack of knowledge. I don't know who you are but I am mad for you. LOL. |
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | BO was there for the first 2 horses but not the last 2. It's just so frustrating. And there's nothing I can do! So much lost progress. I'm literally back to square one with his feet; maybe even worse than square one. He's not crippled and he's traveling sound but I feel so violated. :( |
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Location: Georgia | I dont think it is the shoers fault. He was probably just doing what he was told and I bet he was confused as to why he was resetting shoes on one that looked freshly done too. |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
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Location: Jersey Girl | I certainly hope they aren't expecting you to pay. BO screwed up they can pay. |
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| Wow, I would be LIVID! I cant even imagine. So so sorry that happened, I know how frustrating hard to deal with feet can be |
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Location: IA | Not the fault of the shoer, sounds like he just did what he was told.
Bottom line is that the barn owner made the mistake. He needs to pay for this mistake, and I'd be asking for him to pay for a trip and whatever corrections it takes for your regular shoer to come and either look and say it's okay, or correct what was done.
At least this was an error that you caught. I would be pretty nervous about other mistakes--vaccinations, treatments, is the feeding correct? I was very happy when I didn't have to board anymore.
Good luck! |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| Get your farrier out there immediately and see if he can help the situation.
Then look for a new barn. Aren't you the one having issues constantly with that barn? |
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Location: West Texas | Sounds like an honest mistake that I am sure you should be able to resolve..... Mistakes can happen and surely just a minor inconvenience for you.
Note: I wouldn't exactly be happy either, but feet grow quick.
Edited by Tdove 2016-08-23 9:33 AM
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I just read the headlines
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| I think the farrier does hold some blame. Shouldn't he be able to tell a horse is freshly shod? If he works there regularly doesn't he know what the horses he works on look like? Now, if he is a new farrier, then I can maybe see where he got horses confused, but still shouldn't he be able to tell if a horse is only a couple weeks into a shoeing? |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | Tdove - 2016-08-23 9:13 AM Sounds like an honest mistake that I am sure you should be able to resolve..... Mistakes can happen and surely just a minor inconvenience for you.
Kinda my thoughts on it. As long as your not asked to pay for it..... I'm positive this wasn't done intentionally. Your horse is traveling sound.
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Location: The barn...where else? SW Missouri | This happened to me also about 10 years ago. I was more than livid. My horse was at my moms place still and we both had palomino geldings. She told shoer her horse was in the stall and had the halter hanging on the door. My horse was turned in a lot by himself outside the barn. The idiot went and grabbed her halter and went outside and caught my horse and reset him. He had even reset her horse before so should have known the difference in the way my horse was shod. My shoer and I were really working on growing my horses feet out also and she was doing a super good job on him. Took us back to square one also. I was so mad!!! He at least didn't cripple him. |
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | It would be one thing if the job was halfway decent. But the nails are barely clinched and I could easily cut my fingers on them!!!!!! I'm trying so hard to not run his name through the mud. Trying to let it go....let it goooooo.....but every time I think about it I get fired up again. |
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Location: Canada | Two people are at fault here - the farrier for not being able to recognize a set of new shoes and the barn owner for not being there.
It's not the farriers fault that he reset the wrong horse the barn owner should never have left the farrier unattended.
I wouldn't be paying the bill and I'd be sending my next farrier bill to the barn owner. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | I think you have every right to be ticked off but in the grand scheme of things it not that big of a deal.
If the Barn Owner is stand up they will apologize and maybe thrown you a bone for something.
But also as the Barn Owner if you decided to get to salty I would also show you the door post haste. |
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Location: North Dakota | I'd be livid.
No excuse for it. There should be ZERO confusion for the farrier on which horses(s) he is supposed to work on. Zero.
As far as what to do about it .... I'd have a pretty "firm" conversation with the BO. This should not happen. Never. They would absolutely be paying for my farrier to come out and re-do the shoes and try to fix the damage done. Yes, feet will grow again but it is frustrating if someone just hacked off your progress.
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | 1DSoon - 2016-08-23 10:22 AM
I think you have every right to be ticked off but in the grand scheme of things it not that big of a deal.
If the Barn Owner is stand up they will apologize and maybe thrown you a bone for something.
But also as the Barn Owner if you decided to get to salty I would also show you the door post haste.
He did apologize and I sure that's the extent of what I'll be getting. I want to stay on good terms as we practice roping together and my horse isn't skinny. I should just be glad he's not crippled. But I cringe every time I think of or look at his feet. |
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The Advice Guru
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| hammer_time - 2016-08-23 11:36 AM
It would be one thing if the job was halfway decent. But the nails are barely clinched and I could easily cut my fingers on them!!!!!! I'm trying so hard to not run his name through the mud. Trying to let it go....let it goooooo.....but every time I think about it I get fired up again.
If the clinches are not clinched, take a pair of pliers and clinch them.
If they are sharp, rasp them off.
If the feet are horrible, pull the shoes and invest in hoof boots. I would not renail this horse for 4 weeks |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | How the heck did the farrier not notice your horse was just done 2 weeks ago? How did it even have enough hoof to do anything?
Seems like a not very observant farrier.  |
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | SmokinGirlie - 2016-08-23 11:22 AM How the heck did the farrier not notice your horse was just done 2 weeks ago? How did it even have enough hoof to do anything?
Seems like a not very observant farrier.
Based on his job he's not one that I would ever choose to use. That why I never went with him when I moved here; I saw his work on other horses. My current shoer really takes his time and does really correct, beautiful work. |
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| I was trying to figure out what a BO is......... SO significant other........ I know body oder doesn't fit in your sentences....... I finally see it is barn owner.
Sorry about your horse. |
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Location: North Dakota | I would give your regular shoer a call and talk to him-guessing he will tell you that he will come take a look and put some minor fixes on the shoe job and you will be back to where you were headed before-the deed is done-be proactive and inform your current farrier of what happened and let him decide what to do! |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | This happened to me year before last. Hubby and I were moving and I wanted to keep riding my two year old filly. She had just gotten back from the trainers and I wanted to enjoy her. I found a barn to keep her at while the rest of our horses were just turned out for a few weeks while we got everything figured out for moving. The BO met me one afternoon, apologizing, because her farrier had accidentally shod my two year old filly. He was supposed to have shod a 7 year old bay gelding. My filly is BLACK. And she was fairly dark at the time. I am not quite sure how you miss the fact that one has a penis and the other doesn't either. This farrier had done the gelding multiple times, never even seen mine. How in the world he could have mixed up these two horses is beyond me. He did a totally crap job too. Trust me, I understand your pain. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I agree with getting your shoer out to look at the shoe job and make a plan.
I would also hope the BO would be more proactive in the future.
When I boarded we had a shoer who would come during the day when many of us couldn't be around. If the BO couldn't be there to see that the correct horses we were she left the ones who needed done inside in the "wing" of the barn where the shoer worked.
I put more blame on the BO than the shoer, before leaving the BO should have made sure the farrier knew who else he was suppose to do and where they were at. Or had them pulled out of the stall/pasture and tied and waiting. |
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Horse was shod without my knowing and NOT by my shoer!!!!!!!!