Southtxponygirl - 2016-09-29 5:34 PM


Not everybody text's, since you had his number you should have called, how can you fire someone that never did any work for you.  

OregonBR - 2016-09-30 12:25 PM I've been trimming my own since I was a teen. But I was afraid to shoe them until I was forced by my farrier being injured and couldn't do my competition horse. I'd already tried every farrier in the area and they all sucked. You can learn and be very good if you want to. Most of the awful farrier work must be because they don't care about the animal or they don't understand how critical competent farrier work is. That's all I can think of. Just remember horses can have different tolerances and needs. Not all can go barefoot under all conditions. I have horses that are just fine with no shoes in the pasture. But most need shoes if they are put under saddle. Even a sand arena can be abrasive and wear their feet down to nothing. The single most important thing you will need to develop is your "eye". You need to visualize the bones in the horses foot when you decide where and how to trim. Some horses also have a flaw in conformation or a pathology that you will have to fight every time you get under them. Some horses don't grow heel which they desperately need to balance their foot. They just don't have it. Keeping their toes backed up so they stand with their foot loaded properly is a constant battle and one that is easier if they have shoes. Good luck. You can do it.