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I am blessed with a really good farrier. I think what separates the good 
ones from the really good ones is the really good ones keep up. They go 
to farrier clinics. They subscribe and read the farrier journals. They 
know about new trends and can evaluate what is junk and what is good. 
The consult with other farriers and vets about problems that they 
haven't dealt with before. Another words they keep learning. The learn 
that long toe can be bad - independent of what they have learned years 
ago. They learn how to deal with it. They don't stop learning. They 
learn something new with every problem horse and figure out how to fix 
it so it's no long a problem.

The really good farriers are like really good professionals in any field 
- they keep learning their craft and they perfect their craft. If you 
have one that does that - he/she is worth their weight in gold. Make 
sure you take care of them when Christmas rolls around ;-) !

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> mark of a good farrier (no "cowboy dub on the toe). After using him for
> years Kaboot was finally retired for wear across the front of the bone in
> his foot caused by doing his big trot with a long toe (at least that's
> the final best guess everyone gave). Another close friend who used him's
> horse was also plagued with problems that we realize now were caused by a
> long toe. He did everything 
>   


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“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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