I no longer do any shoeing or trimming. I just do farrier supplies. Our warehouse and store-room isn't a conventional shop. We have farriers coming in to collect stuff and to have a look at farrier gear but we don't have a shop which is staffed all day. The popular misconception seems to be that …
Smarter farrier business
I've blogged before about the importance of farriers maintaining (and raising) the standard of work when things are financially tight. It doesn't always seem the most obvious approach but increasing the overall quality rather than cutting corners and defaulting to inferior shoes and tools will often pay dividends in the long run. But there are …
Horses that dish Q&A
Q: I'm looking at purchasing a staionbred/standardbred cross which dishes its front legs. In the future I would like to do some showing and dressage - would corrective shoeing help? What can I do to fix, help or disguise this fault? Angela, Kaiapoi Answer: Angela. Dishing, where very simply, either one or both of the front …
Farrier excuses (5)
Farrier excuses: "The dog ate my diary"
Farrier excuses (4)
Farrier excuses: "There was something stuck in the foot so I'm just letting out the nasty juices"
Farrier excuses (3)
Farrier excuses: "My stud holes were perfect, you must have been using the wrong sized studs"
Farrier excuses (2)
Farrier excuses "I've been shoeing in the hills today out of reception and didn't get your cellphone message"
Farrier excuses (1)
Farrier excuses: "Your cheap hoof oil must've dissolved the nails, that's why the shoe came off"
Farrier excuses
The next handful of farrier blog posts are going to be some excuses that are sometimes used by farriers. Please let me know in the comments if you have any good ones either that you've heard or even used yourself. If you're a farrier, please feel free to add these to your arsenal 🙂
Michael Puhl Pads
The Michael Puhl pads and hoof packing material is getting more popular with farriers here in New Zealand. Particularly at this time of year when the ground is harder and any problems that have been hiding away for the right time to present themselves finally decide the time is now to rear their ugly heads. The …
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