"Quality is like buying oats, If your Ok with oats that have aready been through the horse that comes cheap. But if you want nice clean oats well you must pay a fair price."
I have viewed some older threads on this forum and it is no wounder to me that most of you have issues with aquireing and or keeping a competant FARRIER. As for Horse Lady your son is selling himself short. Continuing education cost money and that cost needs to be passed on to the client and this includes you. If you want competant hoof care one has to continue there education and one can not become more competant with out passing the cost on. Bottom line the farrier that charges more, will likely be able to save you money In the long term by keeping your horse sound. This means less vet bills. Education is paramount, as we can not learn all there is to know about horses before we die there is to many variables.
Shoeing horses for a living is a CAREER NOT a hobby!!! Showing horses for most BUT NOT ALL is a HOBBY. With out farriers there would not be a horse industry NO FOOT NO HORSE and that is the bottom line. We are the foundation of the horse industry as we take care of the foundation of your horse.
Just food for thought. Maybe you will remember this the next time your farrier has come back and he/she has just attened a shoeing clinc and has not increased their prices. Knowlege has a value dose it not? This somthing 99% of horse owners lack when it comes to hoof care, but they know everything when it comes to horse trailers,saddles,bits ect. and neglect to educate themselves on what counts the most.
Thank you for listening, Mike
PS. the average farriers career is only 8 to 10 years.
I have viewed some older threads on this forum and it is no wounder to me that most of you have issues with aquireing and or keeping a competant FARRIER. As for Horse Lady your son is selling himself short. Continuing education cost money and that cost needs to be passed on to the client and this includes you. If you want competant hoof care one has to continue there education and one can not become more competant with out passing the cost on. Bottom line the farrier that charges more, will likely be able to save you money In the long term by keeping your horse sound. This means less vet bills. Education is paramount, as we can not learn all there is to know about horses before we die there is to many variables.
Shoeing horses for a living is a CAREER NOT a hobby!!! Showing horses for most BUT NOT ALL is a HOBBY. With out farriers there would not be a horse industry NO FOOT NO HORSE and that is the bottom line. We are the foundation of the horse industry as we take care of the foundation of your horse.
Just food for thought. Maybe you will remember this the next time your farrier has come back and he/she has just attened a shoeing clinc and has not increased their prices. Knowlege has a value dose it not? This somthing 99% of horse owners lack when it comes to hoof care, but they know everything when it comes to horse trailers,saddles,bits ect. and neglect to educate themselves on what counts the most.
Thank you for listening, Mike
PS. the average farriers career is only 8 to 10 years.