How long does your farrier take ...

[AmyMay]

Mine takes around the hour mark - like others, would be concerned actually if they took much less to be honest.......

 

[Nats_uk]

Takes my farrier about an hour to remove shoes, trim and hot shoe (with road nails and 2 stud holes in each shoe) - it does take longer if I stand there and chat though!

 

[ecrozier]

Mine takes between 45 mins and 1 1/4 hrs per horse depending which one it is! Have to say like those above I would be really concerned if he was taking 20 mins to fully hot shoe a horse! Especially for £60 a time. It might be that there haven't been problems in terms of shoes etc falling off but, speaking from experience with a previous farrier, that doesn't mean the horses feet are perfectly balanced and shoes made to fit! My farrier takes each shoe back to the anvil at least twice to make sure it is just right.
PS Henryhorn, my farrier shoes for the queen now - he must have taken over when yours moved away!!

 

[MagicMelon]

Usually about 45 mins - 1 hour a horse. But that's because he moans of a sore back and needs regular cigarette / coffee breaks!

 

[AnnaJ]

Ours takes about 2 1/2 hrs for a trim and a full shoe!!! He is a right chatter box too!!!!

 

[Benjamin]

My farrier usually takes about an hour to an hour and a half!

My old 'kwik fit fitter' used to take 20 minutes!

 

[Tia]

Mine cold shoes - and works very hard and very quickly - he's been a farrier for 30 years and is very very good at his job. I wouldn't ever want to change him.

 

[Enfys]

I had a trimmer that took an hour per horse! After two visits for 5 horses each time I sacked him!

Farrier in the UK took about an hour to hot shoe each horse.

 

[Nickijem]

Thanks for all your opinions - I am really pleased with the work my farrier does - and I feel I get my money's worth, he charges £50.00 for a set of four new shoes, hot shod so perhaps I should be more grateful that he takes his time and doesn't rush!