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Rate my Farrier

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Going to upload some pics tonight before and then tommorrow morning when my farrier comes out I will show you after. I am really interested what some of the farriers on here will have to say about his work. I got a new gelding about 4 days ago and he is in dire needs of a reshoeing. Seller didnt tell me how long it had been since last shoeing but I can tell its been a minute. Anyways I am just really interested to see how competent you others out there feel my farrier is :P
 
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Wallee you never know. The horse world is a small world, for all that there are so many of us. If your farrier is a member of the forum, he might not take kindly to the comments that could come.

I'd love to post the same kind of thread and see it be a regular occurrence, but I wouldn't do it for fear I might lose the second best guy I have found so far. I know logic says there is nothing wrong in comparing notes, but this could place your farrier in an awkward position if another of his clients posted a name, or pointed out XYZ barn uses the same guy.
In our area their are only a handful of farriers, and they know each others work well.
Trust me, never ever bad mouth one farrier to another ****. It will get round.( Even if they do roll out of the truck with beer cans falling out around their feet.) It's their livelihood. You can get a rep as "one of THOSE owners." I know, I am "One of THOSE OWNERS" in our area. *shrugs* All I want is healthy hooves on Rascal.
 
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Ha ha I will do that Rascaholic! My farm, My barn, My horse.... Dont trim them if ya dont want no one to see cause I do a lot of travelin! And hey what if he does great? We cant assume he will do bad. He has been trimming my horses for over a year and this will be the first he has shod for me so thats why I wanted a critique. The hoof is the life of a horse and I assure you I will make sure it is done right or find someone who can do it right ya know what I mean?
 
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