Re: Farrier quicking

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

I respectfully have to disagree...every farrier will quick a horse in
his/her lifetime.  If they do it frequently, good farrier or not, that's
not cool and I wouldn't recommend that farrier.   That once in a blue moon
occurrence is a different story.  A good farrier can quick a horse.  I also
think how the farrier reacts to it is important...does he try to cover it
up or make sure you know about it?  Nelson drew blood on a horse a few
months ago just trimming her.  She was a foundered pony.  We believe that
she had a fresh abscess (abscesses are common with founder)...it wasn't RED
blood but it wasn't black either.  It didn't continue to bleed.  Nelson
burned the spot to seal it just in case...the owner helped him.  She never
experienced a problem with it.  Not the same as quicking granted.  But my
point is to not judge a farrier too harshly for quicking a horse once.  I
did suggest that the person who posted do some asking around...there is
nothing wrong with asking a farrier for references.  In some areas, a good
farrier is VERY difficult to find.  Farriery is not an exact science and if
you want guarantees your horse will never be quicked, then never have him
shod.
Maggie

----------
> From: April Lee <adlee@bigfoot.com>
> To: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
> Cc: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:  Farrier quicking
> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 7:44 PM
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.    
> Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp   
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.    
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp   
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=