Morals.. What would you do??? Getting a farrier struck off???

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In your original post you say the first horse came sound very quickly when shod by a new farrier. Can you not have a discreet word with this farrier and tell him of your concerns, perhaps he can advise you who to contact at the FRC and back you up with his experiences of the other chaps work.

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It's this farrier who told me that the horse had left shoes on all round, and what a total mess the feet where in.. and that the guy should be struck off... however, no one ever seems to do anything about it!!
 
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I would ask the obvious...if he is that bad, how did he manage to qualify??? Is he really registered???

Would defo go the the registry to check that. If he is, report him, if he's not call the police!

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He is on the register, so therefore would be qualified.. however he's older middle aged, therefore may well have been a good farrier in his prime.. but has lost his way in the last 5+ years..
 
Case number 2 - I can't help but think why an owner would not notice nail bind...my horse had a shoe on a little tight and he was pretty much non weight bearing! For it to be such a severe case where the horse died due to this nail bind I'm pretty sure there would have been severe lameness involved.
Also, Case Number 1...horse lame for 3 years...surely any lameness makes alarm bells ring and any decent vet would notice very bad feet and alert it to being a cause!

Granted by the sounds of thing the farrier needs to have a strong brush up his skills...but more importantly the owners needs a check into reality as well...its not rocket science to see when a farrier has done a bad job on your horses feet. There are PLENTY of farriers in the yellow pages...all it takes is a phone call to start trying to find a new one. I know I have never had any problems in finding farriers...even at very short notice when I had just moved him back from Uni for a holiday.
 
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