Re: lost shoes (was Re: [RC] [RC] this is not just a place to argue.) - Suzi Maiorisi
Well... my first shoer (not my last!), when I went to him and told him that
she's suddenly starting to forge A LOT.., nothing personal, just maybe you
wanted to know...said 'Maybe she likes to hear her feet
hit".....LOLOL...NOT! Not in this lifetime anyway...on to another well
recommended shoer who has put my girl in Ground Controls since and never looked
back. Shoes stay on, she's happy, no forging, etc, etc...
Yep, there are bad ones out there (even if they are picture worthy in their
Wranglers )
Subject: lost shoes (was Re: [RC] [RC]
this is not just a place to argue.)
Chris wrote: "REALLY, the farrier's job is to balance the
hoof, not to keep a shoe on."
Yeah but...
I used a farrier
for a while, he shod a couple of my horses and they both lost hind shoes in
the same week early into their shoeing after never losing shoes
before. I asked him if it was possible that there was a problem
with the application, and he promptly quit! Would not shoe for me
again. I later found out that a couple of my roper friends use him,
and their horses are always losing shoes - one of my friends who ropes AND
shoes says he has to nail shoes back on their horses almost every time they
rope together.
I do think in my case the farrier really was doing
something dysfunctional. Maybe something simple like filing off too much of
the nail after clinching - over-dressing the nails so the work was more
beautiful than strong. Or maybe not leaving the clinches quite long
enough for a hard working horse. A foot that is not really level will
also allow the shoe to rock and work loose. His work was fabulous
looking. I don't know what the case was, but it turns out this guy
has had enough clients complain about lost shoes that he is REALLY
sensitive about it. Little did I know when I mentioned it to
him...
Anyway, just my $0.02. Lost shoes happen, and
biomechanical problems can be a factor, but so can farriery (is that a real
word?).
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