showjump2003
Well-Known Member
Sorry, this is like my third post on farriers today, please forgive me but really need your opinions on this.
I have been using my current farrier for about a year. Made the change to him from my last farrier as he was leaving my horses toes very long and it was causing problems for my horse. For the past 6 months other people have been commenting about how unreliable he is and I defended him as he had always been great. Up until last month. My horse lost a shoe about 3 weeks after she was shod. To be honest I think it was because of his shoeing anyway as he had left a bit of the shoe over hanging the hoof and she must have stood on it in the stable over night. So I try to ring him. Leave message after message on his mobile... with his wife, with his son.. one him answer phone. 3 WEEKS LATER he gets back in touch with me. It's so obvious that he avoided me long enough so that when he came it would be time for them both to be shod and he could leave with £110 of my money instead of having to come half way between shoeing dates just to replace one shoe (he lives about 20 miles away).
So eventually he phones up and arranged to come out. When I do get in touch eith him he is very good, will come 2 or three days later. He also comes at a weekend for me which is great as I am 3 hours drive away at uni during the week. When he did come there was no apology for not eing able to get in touch with him.
So now it's 2 - 3 weeks since the horse was shod and I am in need of a farrier again. A few months ago she lost a chuck of shoe when she pulled a shoe. He filled it with some stuff and it was fine. But now the filler has come out. Tried to ring him earlier and spoke to his wife who said he would ring me back tonight. I know he's off on holiday very soon and I have a feeling he wont ring me back.
Is it just me or is this very unreasonable?
My problem is I don't know of another farrier. There are a couple of others that cover my area. One is only down here on a tuesday with is no good to me and the other is well known for having a bit of a temper with the horses.
gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i hate living in the middle of nowhere! I just want a reliable farrier!
I have been using my current farrier for about a year. Made the change to him from my last farrier as he was leaving my horses toes very long and it was causing problems for my horse. For the past 6 months other people have been commenting about how unreliable he is and I defended him as he had always been great. Up until last month. My horse lost a shoe about 3 weeks after she was shod. To be honest I think it was because of his shoeing anyway as he had left a bit of the shoe over hanging the hoof and she must have stood on it in the stable over night. So I try to ring him. Leave message after message on his mobile... with his wife, with his son.. one him answer phone. 3 WEEKS LATER he gets back in touch with me. It's so obvious that he avoided me long enough so that when he came it would be time for them both to be shod and he could leave with £110 of my money instead of having to come half way between shoeing dates just to replace one shoe (he lives about 20 miles away).
So eventually he phones up and arranged to come out. When I do get in touch eith him he is very good, will come 2 or three days later. He also comes at a weekend for me which is great as I am 3 hours drive away at uni during the week. When he did come there was no apology for not eing able to get in touch with him.
So now it's 2 - 3 weeks since the horse was shod and I am in need of a farrier again. A few months ago she lost a chuck of shoe when she pulled a shoe. He filled it with some stuff and it was fine. But now the filler has come out. Tried to ring him earlier and spoke to his wife who said he would ring me back tonight. I know he's off on holiday very soon and I have a feeling he wont ring me back.
Is it just me or is this very unreasonable?
My problem is I don't know of another farrier. There are a couple of others that cover my area. One is only down here on a tuesday with is no good to me and the other is well known for having a bit of a temper with the horses.
gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i hate living in the middle of nowhere! I just want a reliable farrier!
