Posted by Patty Stiller on February 23, 2004 at 20:09:19:
In Reply to: Re: Hoof care Summit posted by Scott Chaney on February 21, 2004 at 03:11:13:
: I just talked with a friend that went.
: He said he felt like they were talking down to the attendees... too basic.
: When you have a class on "The Basics of the Rasp"... that's pretty elementary stuff....
: He didn't leave me with the sense that I had missed anything.
I didn't go (really wanted to though) but I can assure you from experiences teaching at many hands on clinics that there are a lot of farriers who struggle with the basics like effecient rasping even after several years at the trade. Can't rasp around the frog, can't rasp level and flat. gut the quarters,tip the heels down, you name it. And they can't knife either. With the lack of apprenticiship positions in this country (which is where european farriers are forced to develop those skills)the schools here need to spend a lot more time on those basics .Patty