Garrett Maloney (Chepachet, R.I.)
Back in August of 2015, my horse suffered a horrible incident from my previous farrier. His left front foot was cut down to almost half the size of it should be. He couldn't bare any weight at all on it. After having the vet out to X-ray his feet it was discovered that his coffin bone was only 5mm from the sole of his foot. The bottom of that foot was as soft as if you were pushing on your thigh. My vet suggested to call Garrett to come out and look at him. The other big concern was him rotating his front right foot from baring all the weight on it for 19 days. Garrett came to my and Bentley's rescue. He designed a heart bar shoe and bowed it out so that when Bentley stepped no pressure was being put on his sole My horse according to my vet before Garrett had done this was more close to being put down rather than being able to walk again. Garrett is truly my hero. He saved my horses life. I can't say enough good about how he handled Bentley and how knowledgeable he is about a horse's foot. I owe him eternally for this. I am now barrel racing on my boy again and he made a complete recovery after months of patiently tending to his foot while it grew back.
— Angela Baxter (Cranston, R.I.)
