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When & How to Fire Clients

Farrier safety & positive working relationships main factors in letting clients go

By Maclaren Krueger posted on March 10, 2025 | Posted in Clients

Choosing to fire a client can be a difficult decision. On top of losing business, farriers risk damaging relationships with surrounding clients. American Farriers Journal recently asked farriers why and how they go about firing clients.

Why Do Farriers Fire Clients?

Check out the results of our December poll and learn how & why farriers break the news

By Maclaren Krueger posted on January 6, 2025 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients

Regardless of why farriers, vets or other equine professionals choose to let go of clients, ultimately their goal is to protect themselves and the horse. And while the majority of clients are responsible and respectful, it’s crucial to know how to handle difficult situations.

Poll: Hoof-Care Practice Challenges

April 2, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Diseases

What is the biggest challenge you face in your hoof-care practice?

Career Guide Know How

Recognizing When To Hire And Fire Clients

By Jaime Elftman posted on August 1, 2015 | Posted in Clients

Building relationships with clients and knowing when to let them go may sound as easy as saying hello and goodbye, but there are a few things farriers should keep in mind when developing and ending client relationships that can make everything go a little more smoothly.

Farrier Tips

Want To Make A Lot Of Money Shoeing Horses? Listen To Your Client

By Jeff Cota posted on September 26, 2014 | Posted in Clients

By definition, farriery is the art and work of an individual who practices equine podiatry. Yet, it's so much more than that.

2014 American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Convention Notes

December 20, 2013 | Posted in Business Practices, Education

Thousands of equine veterinarians gather in Salt Lake City to learn better practices, including footcare.

Q&A: Breaking Point with Clients

Not every farrier-client relationship is a harmonious one. Sometimes you may endure things you don't particularly care for with some clients. What won't you tolerate from any client, regardless of the number of horses you trim/shoe for them?

March 2, 2013 | Posted in Clients

Frankly Speaking

Who's Most Important? Clients or Meeting Your Own Needs?

By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2008 | Posted in Clients

Sometimes farriers tend to focus so much on their clients’ footcare problems that they forget to look after themselves.

Farrriers Roundtable

When Do You Drop Certain Clients?

December 1, 2005 | Posted in Clients

How do you know when it’s time to drop certain shoeing clients?

Rig Getting Expensive? Try Putting it on the Payroll

By Pat Tearney posted on December 1, 2005 | Posted in Business Practices

With fuel prices rising, it’s not surprising if you feel like crying when you start your shoeing rig every morning.

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Hoof Care on Parade

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.

Events

Trimming Donkeys: Trimming Protocol, Hoof Distortion, and Laminitis – Part 2

Date: 04/17/25

Location: CO

Trimming Donkeys: Trimming Protocol, Hoof Distortion, and Laminitis – Webinar, Part 2, will be April 17, 2025. The clinician is Ross Keller.

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