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| I've been fortunate to have the same farrier for my horses for the past 9 yrs now. He puts me on a schedule for the year and mails out reminder cards, does decent work. I always give him extra around the holidays, and every once in a while if I have a particularly fractious horse that's being difficult. But other than that.. I don't tip him for regular visits. Maybe I should ? Anyone else tip ? |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | I tip mine with Pendleton; does that count? ETA: I don't cash tip every single trip, but if he resets mine on short notice I will.
He gets Pendleton a couple times of year, usually around Christmas, and then again to kick off summer.
Edited by WYOTurn-n-Burn 2016-08-04 10:45 AM
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | i've never tipped lol |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | hoofs_in_motion - 2016-08-04 11:45 AM i've never tipped lol
Me either. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
Posts: 10277
| I don't tip, I give him a $20 every time he replaces a lost shoe and $100 at Christmas. |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Yes but mine is an old rancher that will take a morning off from doing hay or ranch work just to come a trim a couple of horses an hour away. He's a really neat guy and still runs a mile or so every morning. I believe he is 71 or 72 this year. I tip him $10 every trip.  |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I do with farm fresh eggs, lol.. My husband is a mechanic and hes always helping him out on something. |
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I just read the headlines
Posts: 4483
| I don't tip mine, he gives me one day notice he's coming and that leaves me scrambling sometimes to find someone to cover for me at work. Of course, I work for family, and we cover for each other, but sometimes they have stuff too. He comes from a over a 100 miles away so if I can't get to him I am screwed.  |
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Location: WI | I tip mine usually about $10-$15 a trip. He comes and does my entire herd, drives about 2 hours, and I will also offer him food/drinks if wants. A good honest farrier is hard to find so I will spoil mine as much as possible! I've been fortunate that past few years now - before that, it was tough to find a decent one. |
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Posts: 3534
Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | I've never tipped. Don't think my mom has either. I did give a previous farrier a candle that was apple pie scent for Christmas one year when he was out a few days before Christmas.
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
Posts: 7268
| EVERY.SINGLE.TIME - (I also tip my hairdresser every time). |
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Posts: 2457
| Griz - 2016-08-04 11:11 AM
EVERY.SINGLE.TIME - (I also tip my hairdresser every time ).
Same - every. single. time.
To be fair, he also has a closed client list, is semi-retired, and only does horses he likes now .... the man and his work are worth it to me. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 672
| I will tip in special circumstances, like when I need a horse squeezed in or need an extra trip made. One horse kicked him pretty bad (he knew ahead of time the horse kicked but declined doping him up...the horse gets happy meds now when getting his feet done) and I tipped him after that.. |
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 Witty Enough
Posts: 2954
Location: CTX | Sometimes, when one of the hoodlums was being difficult or if it was an emergency (pulled a shoe). But most of the time I don't. He sets his own prices,and there is already a trip fee added.
But if he comes by close to say Thanksgiving or Christmas I will give him something extra.
I used to offer him a cold drink, but he always declines, so I stopped doing that.
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 695
Location: Windoming | Geez, I feel like a cheapskate, I never even thought about tipping him! He's earned it, tho. |
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Posts: 5293
| I believe tipping is deserved when someone goes above and beyond their job description to provide a service. Goes with anyone providing a service from farrier to waitress. I only tip when this happens. It's my farriers job to come to my house at a designated time, replace my horses shoes with quality craftsmanship. If this Happens, they get no tip. If they have to replace a lost shoe, make accommodations on time of day for my sake, etc. they make for me I tip. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I'm fortunate that my farrier ended up buying the house 200 yards down the road, he gets tipped by being asked back in 6 weeks, LOL!!! Or being fed a big breakfast between horses on a Saturday morning, my fiance is a crazy good cook. I did give him a tip the two times he came up to the vet's to shoe my gelding, extra miles and extra time spent going over x-rays and lameness exams with him. I've also tried to help him out in his obviously bad taste in women department but it falls on deaf ears. I think it is from all that time spent with his ( l ) about his head as Ed Wright used to say.
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 489
| Mine gets a tip of $100 every trip. He has shod for me for years, does a fantastic job, and is always prepared to handle any corrective problem I throw at him. He drives almost 2 hours to me and doesn't charge a trip fee. His rates are very reasonable I can only think of 3 shoes I've lost in the last 9 years and he will make every effort to get to me or meet me somewhere to put it back on. AND he brings me a large Diet Coke every time because he knows I'm addicted. You better believe I tip. |
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 Maine-iac
Posts: 3334
Location: Got Lobsta? | I tip $10.00 and whatever type of weather is going on I try to make it easy for him to do the shoeing. Horses are in the barn, legs and hooves clean and I provide water and fans, or coco lol! Its hard work and its priceless to find a farrier you can trust and rely on. |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
Posts: 2258
| I do. And haul 3.5-6 hours to get there. He's the absolute best, horses feet X-ray beautifully. He also works Sunday's and even Christmas Eve last year because that when I can get them to him. He always gets at least an extra $20.
I appreciate him, and he bends over backwards for me because of it. |
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