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[RC] shoeing in vet school - rides2farRanelle, what you say is sooooo true! Skimping on the farrier is > going to> bite one in the butt, and using a poor farrier will too! We are > fortuanate> to have a wonderful farrier...the shoes stay on, and if we start > having a> problem, he listens and asks questions in order to figure out how to > fix> it. He has also never missed a single appointment in the 4+ years > we've been using him I could say all that about the farrier I used for 20 years. He was the one the best vet in the area used on problem cases. He was prompt and always showed up. The shoes stayed on. I had many vets at rides complement me on the nice shoe job. However, this was back when having a continuous line from the coronary band to the toe of the shoe was the 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 I ever asked him to do...but what do *I* know? I know I've read only use the front three nail holes so that's all my farrier's ever used (until my favorite now who said he'd switched to the back 3 long ago and I hadn't noticed). >g< I can spot a *bad* job, but I'm not good enough to spot one that's just not *right*. I really would like to hear from the farriers of high mileage horses. What do *they* have to say? Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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