Goldenstar
Well-Known Member
I'm wasting my typing time but repeat, many trimmers have done much more than a crash course. Perhaps if your farrier looked at say for eg. UKNHCP training or did some of their CPD he might find out why some vets use 'good' trimmers.
You are wasting your time, the people who are completly convinced that just because a farrier has studied for four years he must be doing a good job will change that view.
But every show I go to I see examples of horrendous shoeing done by farriers that have studied for four years.
A proportion of these horses will suffer shoeing induced long term injury that just how it is.
I was fortunate to have at a great young farrier at one time who trained me to look at shoes all the time to asses balance he was great.
What did he do ? Went on to start a barefoot practise and train farriers and trimmers.