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| CowboyUp!!! - 2014-05-01 3:36 PM
I pay the same and it doesn't bother me at all. You're paying for someone's skills not shoes!!!
This!!! I pay $120/set. My farrier is good. I can get a pulled shoe put back on within 24 hours. I am not going to gripe about the cost of $15 shoes. I take good care of him and he takes great care of my horses. |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | When I lived in California -every 6 to 8 weeks my horse got brand new set of shoes for $75, my shoer never reset unless one had come off. Now in Texas every 6 to 8 weeks my shoer here resets for $90 as long as they aren't thin then the horse gets a new pair. It took me a long time to get use to this- I feel paying that amount I should get a new pair each time, but none of the farriers here in Tx do that, or I should get a discount for resetting the old shoes.
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Location: South MS | I pay $100 every 5 weeks for shoeing - sometimes he will reset a shoe if its not wore out but I usually wear them out and have to get new shoes every 5 weeks
If I lose a shoe during my 5 week period he replaces for free |
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Location: MD | I rarely have one reset, but that is totally up to my farrier. He does what needs to be done to keep my horses working well. I normally pay the same price, either way. I get little breaks here and there, for one reason, or another. I also always make sure his sorry behind has water/soda/food before I send him on his way. lol |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Mine almost never get reset (my farrier is who decides this) but when they do it's usually about $10 cheaper. I don't really care either way as long as my horses have shoes on. I can see why you would want a discount, because you're not paying for new shoes, but for me the $10 here and there doesn't really make a difference. Of my 5 horses, maybe one of them will get reset every other shoeing so it's not really something I've thought about. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | I pay $120 be it reset or new shoes. My farrier is AMAZING. He is patient with goofy colts, he comes out whenever my one gelding throws a shoe with no complaint and replaces it FOR FREE, and he spends 15 minutes trimming my son's pony whenever he comes down to my horses and doesn't charge for the trim. He's available by phone anytime - I don't have to hunt him down for days trying to make an appointment, he's as punctual as a horseshoer can possibly be, and RARELY reschedules.
I'm sure as heck not going to haggle $15 worth of shoes. I'm paying for his time, skills, gas, and wear and tear on his vehicle. He drives to the boonies to see my horses and takes EXCEPTIONAL care of them. |
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| My farrier charges more to reset because he isn't going to do it. I haven't had mine reset in YEARS. |
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| Holy poop!! you guys pay over 100 for shoeing!?!?!?! Mine is 55 for new set and 45 for reset!! I think i'd be going barefoot if it was that high!! only $25 for a trimming!! |
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| I do not like resets, I will not allow it, I want new shoes on my horses every time. UNLESS one comes off, that's the only exception. For what I'm paying I expect new shoes, it's the principal of it. I don't want nails going through a rusty looking shoe into my horses foot. .. especially when they've been walking around in poop and pee, then a nail goes through that into your horses foot, if its re heated AND sanded fine that's a start... but it's still not going to be as level as a new shoe. People are too trusting of their farriers, you have to think for yourself and what you want for your horse. Who cares what they want they don't own him, or fee him, sure as he!! didn't pay for him, don't have to ride him, ..you get it.. chances are when they leave they could care less. Sorry for the rant guys...
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| Kgirl - 2014-05-02 6:40 AM
Holy poop!! you guys pay over 100 for shoeing!?!?!?! Mine is 55 for new set and 45 for reset!! I think i'd be going barefoot if it was that high!! only $25 for a trimming!!
I was thinking the same thing but mine still isn't as cheap as 55 we pay $70 a head for full sets, and $25 for trim. If we have over 10 to do he'll do it for $65 a head. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | The only time my farrier does a re-set is if my horses manage to pull a shoe early into the fresh shoeing, say 1-2 weeks out. Anything later and its new shoes. If he does have to re-set it he doesn't charge me anything. Figures his clinches should last longer than that. I have big horses, we have hard rocky ground for the most part so re-sets aren't really much of an option for us anyway.
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| SwishMiss - 2014-05-02 10:18 AM I do not like resets, I will not allow it, I want new shoes on my horses every time. UNLESS one comes off, that's the only exception. For what I'm paying I expect new shoes, it's the principal of it. I don't want nails going through a rusty looking shoe into my horses foot. .. especially when they've been walking around in poop and pee, then a nail goes through that into your horses foot, if its re heated AND sanded fine that's a start... but it's still not going to be as level as a new shoe. People are too trusting of their farriers, you have to think for yourself and what you want for your horse. Who cares what they want they don't own him, or fee him, sure as he!! didn't pay for him, don't have to ride him, ..you get it.. chances are when they leave they could care less. Sorry for the rant guys...
Wow.....my SO is a farrier, and I can tell you, this is the furthest thing from the truth! He will often be sitting watching TV and thinking about a clients horse, and what he can do different to help the horse. He doesn't just take the money and run. While farriers make decent money, it is a very demanding job, and any farrier that does it for the money, and not for the horse, won't be any good and won't do it for long!
As for resetting, the nails are new, and the nails are not going through the live part of the foot (white line), they are going through the hoof wall.
To the original topic.....he charges less for a reset, the cost of the shoes I think, since he doesn't have to supply new ones. |
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| weder - 2014-05-02 9:59 AM
SwishMiss - 2014-05-02 10:18 AM I do not like resets, I will not allow it, I want new shoes on my horses every time. UNLESS one comes off, that's the only exception. For what I'm paying I expect new shoes, it's the principal of it. I don't want nails going through a rusty looking shoe into my horses foot. .. especially when they've been walking around in poop and pee, then a nail goes through that into your horses foot, if its re heated AND sanded fine that's a start... but it's still not going to be as level as a new shoe. People are too trusting of their farriers, you have to think for yourself and what you want for your horse. Who cares what they want they don't own him, or fee him, sure as he!! didn't pay for him, don't have to ride him, ..you get it.. chances are when they leave they could care less. Sorry for the rant guys...
Wow.....my SO is a farrier, and I can tell you, this is the furthest thing from the truth! He will often be sitting watching TV and thinking about a clients horse, and what he can do different to help the horse. He doesn't just take the money and run. While farriers make decent money, it is a very demanding job, and any farrier that does it for the money, and not for the horse, won't be any good and won't do it for long!
As for resetting, the nails are new, and the nails are not going through the live part of the foot (white line), they are going through the hoof wall.
To the original topic.....he charges less for a reset, the cost of the shoes I think, since he doesn't have to supply new ones.
That's good for your husbands clients, wasn't trying to make it personal just throwing it out there as a generalization. There are more so so backyard shoers than there are great ones, or performance shoers... that's a fact jack. A number of us have been through more than one shoer at some given time. And yes it's SUPPOSED to go through the dead part, however a hot nail is not uncommon. Just like if you have clips on the back and a side comes off and jabs the bottom of your horse's foot, on the dead part and gets poop and pee in there... you have an abscess. |
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Location: Okla | euchee - 2014-05-01 3:53 PM We pay $65 no matter new or re-set. Have an awesome shoer that is also a great friend. He knows to just come out every 7 or 8 weeks so I don't have to worry about it. He keeps our 5 head going and always comes out for free if we have a problem. I'm going to be lost when he retires!!!!!
That's what I pay too. Doesn't matter if its a reset or new. I've use the same guy for 30 yrs. I will be lost without him. Couldn't have asked for a better farrier, always been here when scheduled. Calls and lets you know if he's running late. Only had to replace one shoe in all these years and he made a special trip to do that and didn't charge me. |
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| A reset costs the same as a showing minis the cost of a shoes, so it varies depend on on if they are keg shoes, clips or completely hand forged.
Our farrier usualy heats the shoe even if it is a reset, reshaped and shoes hot. |
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Location: Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-05-01 4:00 PM
CowboyUp!!! - 2014-05-01 3:36 PM I pay the same and it doesn't bother me at all. You're paying for someone's skills not shoes!!!
Absolutely.
I pay the same. My horses' feet look great, they are sound, and it's my farrier's choice if he wants to use new shoes or reuse old ones.
I love my farrier. He has come out to races to tack on a thrown shoe and won't charge me a dime for that kind of stuff. I trust his judgment and he has never done me wrong with the shoeing. It will be a sad day when he retires. |
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Location: The stix of Utah | Thank you all for the feedback! You all make great points. I guess I just need to talk with him and let him know that I don't want re-sets and that he needs to respect my wishes. I feel we have a good enough relationship that I can do that. He really is a great farrier and in all my years using him I can't even think of a single time I have lost a shoe. I appreciate him, I need to remind him of that as well. Thanks again! |
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