Danvers Child (Lafayette, Ind.)
I would like to honor and recognize Mr. Danvers Child during National Farriers Week. He worked together with my vets and equine bodywork professional to make my 4-year-old American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) gelding, Bodie, sound again. Bodie presented with unbalanced feet and other soundness issues. Danvers took the time to watch him on the lounge line, review the radiographs the vet had taken, and work with the equine bodywork professional and chiropractor to evaluate his issues and formulate a plan to address those issues. Slowly, over the course of approximately a year, Danvers made corrections in Bodie’s shoeing to help him be more comfortable and move better. Today I have a happy, healthy and sound horse again, and none of this would have been possible without Danvers’ knowledge, professionalism and expertise. He travels all the way from Indiana to Wisconsin to work on horses in our barn, and he takes a lot of time with each one during every visit to evaluate their feet and meticulously work his magic! I am forever grateful that he took me on as a client and made Bodie sound again, which is why I was compelled to submit this tribute to him.— Gretchen Smith (West Bend, Wis.)
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