Farriers are an independent lot. But sooner or later, they’re likely to find themselves sitting across a desk from a person who doesn’t know a driving hammer from a tack hammer — but who can discern things out of a balance sheet that the farrier has never dreamed of.
Like medical doctors suffering from poor bedside manners, Pat Parelli says some shoers need to improve their anvil-side manners. This means developing rapport and confidence with both the horses you shoe and their owners.
Douglas Weiss has found excessive starch that ferments in the horse’s intestine releases toxic byproducts and also increases the permeability of the intestine, which allows these toxins to enter the bloodstream.
When a shoer who’s worked for Jim and Allan Ferrie for over 4 years decides it’s time to go out on his own, the brothers hand the farrier the shoeing work on 300 horses.
Your shoeing clients seem to be multiplying like rabbits and there aren’t enough hours in the day to get them all done no matter how well you plan your day. You have two options. You can dump a load of clients or you can find yourself an apprentice to do the menial tasks, letting you continue to be the expert.
DURING LAST MONTH’S American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) convention in Alberquerque, NM., an interesting question was raised about ethical confrontations between vets, farriers, trainers and horse owners.
Greg Martin, CJF, of Boerne, Texas, takes the unique approach of marketing his hoof-care practice with a Christmas parade float in Boerne and Comfort, Texas. The award-winning float boasts a variety of surprising features.
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