>Showing up is a majoy factor. Why are shoers so >flakey? It is hard to find a good one.
Lorraine, flakey is a good term for most of the owners my husband complains about when doing there horses that are ill mannered and for the most part, dangerous to their owners. Do you think farriers enjoy having to recover from 3 months of injury from a horse who hurt them and be without pay? I am amazed at the tortures my husband endures from owners who will never work with their horses, and he keeps going back because they are good people, just not good owners. I worked with each of my horses before I had my husband trim them, and I found that if I couldn't take my hoof pick and wrap on there feet just like he does to shoe them, I wouldn't ask him to. I bought my impatient horses some slip on shoes for there feet when I go on rocky rough rides. Farriers are some of the nicest guys and gals you can meet, and patience, unending. Spend a day with a farrier, trimming and shoeing 6-10 horses a day and see what I mean. The best most owners give there horses is picking out there hooves before a ride and you would be amazed at how many I have seen that don't even do that. Only time there hooves are touched is when the farrier comes. Pretty pathetic don't you think. Jeannette
