I remember very distinctly my very first experience with horses and Farriers.
First off I didn't know a thing about owning a horse, but she was beautiful, a big gray Arab mare "Tiffany".
Tiffany was also standing a 3 month old filly at her side who I named Chleopatra.
From here the richness of horse ownership unfolds.
Little did I know though what relying of farriers was to bring.
Tiffany and Chleo (Short for Chleopatra) were both in a paddock I had moved them too on a very big ranch.
Tiffany is an easy keeper and little Chleopatra was the sweetest little thing as well.
I knew nothing about horses feet and it came time to call the Farrier, and this is where I was scared to death for the first time.
I've heard nightmare stories of the costs of veterinarian visits and vet work and prayed I'd never have problems, sleep with my fingers crossed too.
The day comes I locate and call a farrier to come out to take care of my horses feet.
To this day I still don't even remember his name.
He pulls up to the paddock where I'm waiting with the horses gets out of his truck and I just immediately sense this fella was somewhat way too easy going for me.
I didn't feel a professionalism or an air of confidence from the man.
At that point I just figured he should know what he's doing.
After a short introduction and social graces he's getting to work on Tiffany.
Oh my, the first thing he says as he picks up Tiffanys foot is "Oh you should have a vet look at this" - my heart just sunk , all I could see were stacks of dollars moving out of my pockets straight into the hands of the Vet.
Could it be this bad? In the next breath Mr.
Farrier changes his mind and says to me "Ah this is really nothing" and I almost gasped in relief but at the same time not trying to show I knew nothing about horses.
It was then I started to realize this Farrier really didn't know what he was doing and that I was paying good money to boot.
Somehow all this just didn't seem right to me and with that came the search for understanding of horses feet.
I just didn't want to be at the mercy of farriers specially those that don't know what they're doing.
It was shortly thereafter I found myself in notably "The Worlds Greatest Horseshoeing School" taking their master class, this was slightly over 17 years ago now.
I graduated at the top of my class and from there journeyed off into the world of being a Farrier.
The day I graduated from the school I was suddenly struck by an interesting insight, I could just feel there was something really missing from the education I received at the school.
I couldn't quite put my finger on what it all was but just felt there was something seriously left out.
I could just feel there was much more to horses feet, legs and joints than was taught.
Fortunately, I discovered it.
From the day I started using the methods I discovered I have not had one single lame horse due to my shoeing methods.
By contrast I receive and hear of many horror stories of how farriers ruin horses due to their methods.
My track record of not one lame horse after 17 years is still holding strong.
What I want to do now is just help people duplicate my success rate.
I'm working on providing everything I know, all the secrets, everything the schools didn't teach me and the textbooks don't understand to you personally so you can then rest assured you're horse's feet are taken care of properly.
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I'm also offering consultations on any of your horse's foot issues at no cost as well.
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