Think I want/need a new farrier. Anyone know a GOOD remedial farrier in Cheshire?

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Our current farrier is lovely, but quite young and I read a post yesterday that said something along the lines of "if a farrier doesn't watch your horse move, he's not doing his job properly". Mine have never done this.

Anyway, one of my mares has a recurring lameness, resulting from a soft tissue injury in her foot a few years back. She's shod in heartbars, but I don't feel that our current farrier does anything different with her than he does with our others - just puts different shoes on. Or am I wrong?

Anyway, if anybody knows of a farrier who might have more experience with remedial shoeing, please let me know. Whilst I'm at it, if anybody has a horse with a soft tissue foot injury - is it on a joint supplement of any kind?

Thank you muchly :)
 
Darren Slater and Chris Pailor are very good and do remedial work, and I believe Ian Hughes still does the remedial farriery for Ashbrook.
 
I'll probably get hounded for this BUT how about speaking to a farrier that also does barefoot work, there is one in your area (you'll find him on the UKNHCP site) I say this because i'd be worried about a recurrent lameness a couple of years after a soft tissue injury. If your horse has been in remedial shoes for a couple of years and you're still having lameness issues then they don't appear to be fixing the problem, there's lots of info to be found online and Rockley farm is a great place to look.
 
I've been thinking about going barefoot for a while, but a couple of things have stopped me - 1) the sheer amount of riding we do - would her feet not get too short? and 2) i spoke to our vet about it and she said that the theory is wonderful, but finding someone who can actually put it into practice is impossible... :(
There do seem to be an increasing number of success stories though, so i will deffinitely look into it again, especially since what we've got at the moment obviously isnt working.

And thank you for those farrier names - i'll look into them too :) x
 
In response to your concerns.

1) Endurance peeps manage without anything ok. Some ride in boots but many do not. There has never been a reported case where a horse who is provided with the right nutrition and sympathetic trimming has ever worn out its feet. You'd wear your backside out before that ever happened. The advantage you would have would be that, with the right elements in place, your horse would be self trimming....so v cheap for you!

2) Your vet may just not know the right people;)

There are many of us who manage perfectly happily. Even though a few of us had THE horse who would NEVER be able to manage;)

*Disclaimer* I'm not preaching or telling you what to do - just giving my opinion on your concerns - that's before a bunch of people post on that the Barefoot Taliban are trying to indoctrinate you into their suspiscious cult:)
 
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