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Posted : 12/17/2009 1:05:07 PM
I really like our farrier. He is a certified farrier instructor and he is teaching us to take care of our own feet (horses, not ours ).
He started out coming every 6 weeks and now we are every 13 weeks. It is great as we now know how to prevent so many things. In the past, when a farrier came my horse would be so tender for a week, now she doesn't miss a beat because I keep up with it and the farrier doesn't trim so much back. When chips/cracks first appear, I take care of them before it causes problems.
We also have a gelding that is 17 whom we could not keep shoes on and he feet were horrible. This guy was able to get this horse barefoot and his hooves are now in great TOUGH shape!