5 Reasons to Always Pick Your Horse’s Hooves
From your first riding lesson, you were told to pick your horse’s hooves out every single day (or you should have been). If you did Pony Club or 4-H, you...
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A Cautionary Tail
As horse owners, we all have enough to worry about. Horses are constantly determined to do themselves harm. You can literally put them in a padded room and they will...
4 Reasons Why Your Miniature Horse Does Not Get a Discounted Trim
The call usually starts innocently enough. “How much do you charge to trim a miniature horse?” (or foal, mini donkey, goat, any other little hooved animal). I ask a few...
5 Reasons You May Need a New Farrier
Farriers are an enigma, but as horse owners, we can’t live without them. When my husband and I were dating, he wanted to go to farrier school. I supported this...
Sh*t Farrier Clients Say
It has been said that there is no such thing as a stupid question, and for the most part, that’s true. However, sometimes people don’t think before they speak. At...
How to Stay on Your Farrier’s Good Side, Part II
In part 1, I talked about some of the things that will put you on your farrier’s good client list. Here, I’m going to give you some hints on making...
How to Catch a Wascaly Wabbit…Er, Pony
Running a farrier company, we get a lot of calls for help with unusual hoof-related issues. Whether that’s trimming pigs, goats, cows, etc. or just odd horse issues (um, the...
