Re: uh-oh, insulted farrier

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

I would find a new farrier.  It was a reasonable question to ask, and he's
acting like a princess.

Susan G
----- Original Message -----
From: Michelle Fink <michrowe@frontier.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:48 AM
Subject: RC: uh-oh, insulted farrier


> Well, I accidentally made my farrier mad at me.  Two horses each lost a
left
> rear shoe within a day of each other.  The shoes had been on 4 weeks, and
I
> have never had a horse throw a shoe.  I asked my farrier if it's possible
> the shoes were not clinched tight or something (he has an intern that did
> the clinching) and apparently I have truly insulted the man.  I apologized
> when he came to re-do my mare's front shoe (she threw that one a couple
days
> later), but he's really mad.  He wouldn't accept payment for shoeing - I
was
> going to buy him lunch as well.  How does one fix this sort of mess??  Or
is
> this the sign to get a new farrier?? I sent him a note and the check, and
> asked that he at least let the intern keep the $$ if he did not care to.
:-(
>
> m (aka Michelle Rowe), CO
> http://www.redwrench.com
> p.s. I'm finally using my married name of Fink. :-)
>
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