Can I legally take the shoes off my horse?

My farrier came out on Bank holiday Monday, he is in Hampshire
If you are not happy giving oral sedation vet will do it for you, probably best to enlist some good help for this horse
and resolve this problem for its long term future, pulling shoes is perfectly legal but the feet will need attention following the shoes being removed and regularly for the rest of its life, best to find the time now and sort this out :)
 
wkiwi said:
Are you just trying to wind people up???
This was posted by you on February 20th:

"Farrier been today, whilst paring out hind soles, has found old abscess holes."
Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/foru...ng-with-old-abscess-holes#hrsJELWmFSzfKWHy.99

So you have had a farrier out since January. You have also posted that you work part time, as well as other things that don't match. So something is not adding up big time !!!!!
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Ahhh haaahhh!! I suspected as much, the Trolls are back in town.

Luvvit, we haven't had a good Troll Thread for a while :)

Hey ho, at least it provides some distraction from being nasty to poor old Ollie T tho, heh??
 
EKW said:
That is total and utter BS! No job can force you to work without taking holiday for the majority of the year! They can request that you take the bulk during certain quiet times but it is not compulsory. Farriers work weekends and evenings or are you saying you work 24/7/365 at which point how can you look after your horses?
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OP might be new to the job and not have accrued enough holiday to take.

Not that I agree with her at all! No excuse for leaving a horse that long.
 
EKW said:
That is total and utter BS! No job can force you to work without taking holiday for the majority of the year! They can request that you take the bulk during certain quiet times but it is not compulsory. Farriers work weekends and evenings or are you saying you work 24/7/365 at which point how can you look after your horses?
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Yes actually they can - you have an annual leave entitlement, it is up to the discretion of your employer when you take it

I would be surprised if OP is a troll, they have been around a while I thought? But appalling to leave the shoes this long, there is ALWAYS a way around these things
 
I hope you have managed to remove the shoes, your post reminded me that I have one vet phobic pony, he used to be so bad the vet would ask me to sedate before arrival :D
I once found a horse caught in sheep netting with a shoe, it wasn't my yard and thankfully she stood perfectly still, the tools I used were really not up to the job but was all that was available in a crisis
I've also had a gelding who was a right royal PITA for the farrier, luckily my farrier was brilliant and called into the yard whenever he was passing just for a bit of hands on stuff, so in that respect I was very lucky but I realise this is not the case for everyone

Found this (Although I am sure you don't need it) - wish they were all as perfect as this one :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu0Eko5XFHk

Hope you have managed and your crisis is now over
 
There was a 4 year old showjumper on my old yard and to say he kicked was the understatement of the century. He was deadly accurate and like lightning. You can imagine how bad he was about shoeing. The yard had an indoor arena and they used to take him there, rope him up and drop him and the farrier did his feet while he was on his side. Not ideal but it worked and everyone was safe.
 
Back in March this year, the OP claimed they were sick of their horse's shoes dropping off. Whoops - at least get your story straight and stick to it.
 
Get it sorted. Yes anyone can remove shoes. But letting the fall off is pretty dangerous. If you can't be there for farrier pay a groom. And rethink if you are in a position to own as it appears the work schedule you have is compromising horse care...
 
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