Kayla Lepper (Kendallville, Ind.)
When my farrier retired that had always done my horses, I was very nervous about using anyone else. I have 12 horses, mostly drafts. We have 5 Clydesdales that are show horses. Kayla Lepper has been amazing to say the least. She is very good with my Percheron who was abused by a previous owner. Out of 6 farriers, Kayla is one of only two that have ever been able to trim him. He will actually fall asleep as she trims him. She trims all of ours horses with no stocks. She has done a wonderful job on my Clydesdales. We do not have any problems with cracking of their hooves.
Recently we moved to Leoma, Tenn., and Kayla travels down from Indiana every 6 weeks to trim our horses. She has gone above and beyond for us. Shortly after we moved to Tennessee, one of our horses had a bad abcess and because she could not get there in an emergency situation she was able to get in contact with a farrier who was local and set up for him to come out the next day for us. It was not an easy task for her to find someone because once u say "draft" most farriers want nothing to do with it. She didn't stop until she found someone to come out, all on her own personal time.
Kayla has become more than just our farrier, she has become family. She is in her profession for her love of the animial. Kayla is genuinely concerned for each and every horse, mule, donkey or any other animial she trims. I don't know what I would do without her. How many farriers would travel 9 hours to trim a client's horses? She has never asked for any travel fee to come down. She comes for the weekend and stays with us. We have a great time when she is down with us. Kayla even opened her schedule when we trailered the horses down and traveled with us. The best part is I don't think kayla weighs even 100 lb. She is very tiny, but she has no problem with 3-year-old, 2000-lb. Clydesdales. Thank you, Kayla Lepper, for all you do for us.
— Kim Welter (Leoma, Tenn.)
