Angel's shoes came off back in January. Made it through the spring fine, she is doing great
BUT .... I am tiring of the fact that (over the last 3 visits) every time the farrier's been, she needs to be booted up for at least a week and takes another week or so to be back where she was before the farrier came out.
I'd already 'banned' him from doing anything to her soles, but he somehow still manages to nip a bit too much off :redface: It's quite frustrating as it feels we have to start again every six weeks! def not diet related as she is always sound as a pound up until farrier has been ... then she gets 'careful' (not lame, def still rideable, not overly footsore, but wary enough to stick her boots on as its VERY flinty around here).
farrier is a complete gem, does a lot of remedial work, saved several 'death row' lami ponies on the yard, is open to new things etc. (and he does a fab job on my other pony who has never been shod in the first place).
what do i do? try and talk to him again (when I mentioned this before he said he didn't understand why this happened after his trim ...)? start using friend's barefoot trimmer on Angel and keep farrier for Appley (now this WILL pee off the farrier - I do not want to pee him off!)? ask him not to use the nippers but only the rasp?
Julia
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BUT .... I am tiring of the fact that (over the last 3 visits) every time the farrier's been, she needs to be booted up for at least a week and takes another week or so to be back where she was before the farrier came out.
I'd already 'banned' him from doing anything to her soles, but he somehow still manages to nip a bit too much off :redface: It's quite frustrating as it feels we have to start again every six weeks! def not diet related as she is always sound as a pound up until farrier has been ... then she gets 'careful' (not lame, def still rideable, not overly footsore, but wary enough to stick her boots on as its VERY flinty around here).
farrier is a complete gem, does a lot of remedial work, saved several 'death row' lami ponies on the yard, is open to new things etc. (and he does a fab job on my other pony who has never been shod in the first place).
what do i do? try and talk to him again (when I mentioned this before he said he didn't understand why this happened after his trim ...)? start using friend's barefoot trimmer on Angel and keep farrier for Appley (now this WILL pee off the farrier - I do not want to pee him off!)? ask him not to use the nippers but only the rasp?
Julia
x