Farrier quicking

["April Lee" <adlee@bigfoot.com>]

Maggie,

  I don't really agree with that.  If a farrier quicks my horse the first
time I have him out?  No, thank you.  If my farrier (before he got lazy and
quit showing up) had quicked my horse once, I might have overlooked it, but
somehow I doubt it.  I agree I'm a novice and naive about some things, so I
could be totally wrong here, but I think if a farrier draws blood....

It also could depend on the farrier.  I got really bad vibes about one of
the farriers I had out, and he ended up drawing blood on one of my horse's
front feet.  Will NEVER call him again.  But if I had a good feeling about
the farrier except for the quicking, I might have him out again just to see.
But I don't know...

Is it really so much to ask that my farrier NOT hurt my horse?

April & Apache
Chattanooga, TN

----- Original Message -----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>

If a farrier tells you he has never quicked a horse, it's a good bet he's a
liar.  (That's my husband's point of view).  I would seriously consider how
he otherwise cared for your horse's feet and talk to other people who use
him.  Find out if it's a chronic occurence or a rarity for him.  Give him
the benefit of the doubt but do some research...one quicking does not
automatically make a farrier evil.



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