Here’s Our Shoeing Scenario

The 144 full-time farriers who responded to this exclusive American Farriers Journal survey were told these 20 horses were handled under the following conditions, except for the differences noted in each description.

• The shoeing was done in a public boarding barn 15 miles from home.
• The farrier was already at this barn for a day’s work, so an extra trip wasn’t made to handle one horse.
• The barn was a middle-income operation.
• Horse values were in the $1,000 to $6,000 range.
• This was not a fancy barn, but one having a work area with a good floor and bright lights.
• Horses stand quietly in cross-ties except where noted.
• Horses were owned by individual clients except where noted.
• Owners were long-standing regularly scheduled clients, which…