Cost of podiatrist vs farrier?

[paddy555]

The podiatrist whose work I pictured upthread was and still is a fully qualified registered full member of the Equine Podiatry Association.

yours wasn't the only one. I used to be able to recognise EPs by their horse's feet. Yours being an excellent example.

 

[paddy555]

Just to offer up another POV.

I am underway on the recently accredited Level 5 EPT course.

I chose to learn to trim because I was not happy with how my then navicular horse was being first shod and then trimmed by farriers. And on enquiring with the trained trimmers and podiatrists in my area discovered they all had full books so weren’t an option even I had wanted to go that way.

I chose to undertake the EPT course because it was accredited. Because it offered a holistic view and because it is one of the most rigorous training courses offered in this country.

There were flaws with the original Equine Podiatry training delivered in this country and the current trainers have done an awful lot of their own research and training to improve upon that.

It isn’t perfect, and the end result is still down to how interested and dedicated the individual is.

As with all professions, not all farriers are equal and not all podiatrists are either.

Equine Podiatrists who are members of the Equine Podiatry Association (It isn’t a protected title, so you would need to check) do have to be insured, trained to a specific level, passed exams of a level and undertaken a minimum number of CPD hours to keep their membership and they are regulated. If you do have an issue you can take it up with them.

And if you are using a trimmer do check their credentials, there are some truly appalling training offerings with some very questionable grasps of anatomy and physics.

In the end it is all down to personal choice.

I had a look at the syllabus and cannot see a module on booting. Is that included. I could just have missed it.

 

[maya2008]

I have 9 ponies - our farrier is a big fan of barefoot, and does a great job. Why would I want to pay more for someone who does not have to be legally registered with adequate training and ongoing professional development ? How can it cost the podiatrist more money to deliver the same service?

 

[Tiddlypom]

And so if you were unhappy with the work you could have reported it if you’d wanted to. And there would have been a review into it.

Basically I cba. I just moved back to a farrier. That's when my vet told me 'thank goodness' and said how she can instantly spot barefoot trimmers' work by the poor foot balance.

I have been PM'd a couple of times by barefoot peeps asking who the podiatrist is, and so it will be known.

 

[ycbm]

Basically I cba. I just moved back to a farrier.

I get that, but then it really isn't fair to say this man is still an EP trimmer trimming the same way as a criticism of the EPA. If 15 people, say, had all bothered to complain then something might be done. But if none do, nothing can change.
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[Tiddlypom]

Maybe so, but I've just had it with the barefoot brigade. There was talk of it being taken up anonymously on my behalf, but I didn't get told whether anything ever came of that, so I presume nothing happened. Unless anyone tells me any different, I shall assume nothing was done.

 

[paddy555]

I get that, but then it really isn't fair to say this man is still an EP trimmer trimming the same way as a criticism of the EPA. If 15 people, say, had all bothered to complain then something might be done. But if none do, nothing can change.
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I saw a lot of EP's and TP's first pic trim(post 25) To start with I just thought it was laziness. Far easier not to work on taking the toe back. Then I saw it with different EPs and as I believed EP's did mostly produce the trim they had been taught to do I wondered/believed that must be what they thought was correct. In that case they would have been taught it by the people who would deal with any criticism.

If TP's EP believed it was correct and wasn't going to change it when questioned then I guess he must have thought it to be technically correct.

I am not sure how they trim now nor what they are taught

Gina Geo, as someone currently undergoing EP training what are you thoughts on post 25. How would EP's be taught to assess that foot and what they would do with it.

 

[GinaGeo]

The photographs aren’t from the most helpful angle to really see what’s going on. Being above and in front of the hoof like that can distort the photograph and don’t always show what is actually happening.

I can take photos of the same hoof at the same time from different angles and the results can a show a hoof that looks completely different. You’d give a different answer for what the right approach would be for each image.

I do not like a long toe and certainly haven’t been taught to leave toes long - quite the opposite actually. It was one of the causes of a lot of my own horses issues. And was the reason I stopped using a farrier to trim.

On a what I’d do POV with a long toe. I’d be checking to see if there was anything in the diet that could be causing inflammation or if any underlying metabolic issues might be contributing. Strictly from a trim POV with a long toe I’d be bevelling steeper at the toe than usual and putting a much harder roll on. It can really help to move the point of breakover back.

But as with all things hoof related. It is really a good diet and plenty of functional movement that are needed to really build a strong hoof.