Posted by Baron Tayler, RJFE on September 15, 2003 at 10:39:43:
In Reply to: Re: Who's in it for the money? posted by Anne Daimler on September 15, 2003 at 07:06:39:
I usually stay out of these tussles, but I just can't
resist this one:
: ...It takes me around an hour to trim a horse, and much of that time is spent on my knees checking balance.
That sentence, in and of itself, guarantees that no one
who understand the process of farriery will take you, or
anyone else who says it takes them that long to trim a
horse, seriously. (The only exception may be a horse that
hasn't been trimmed for a few years, and has "elf feet,"
which would require a lot of time for the initial trim
to cut off all the excess hoof wall.)
Any horse with hooves in relatively decent condition
should take longer than 15 or 20 minutes to trim. If the
farrier/trimmer really wanted to stretch it out with some
chit-chat and other time consuming hoo-ha, perhaps 30
minutes. The fact that horse owners will actually put up
with someone taking an hour to do a 20 minute job is a very
poor reflection on the level of horse owner education in
regards to proper hoof care. Rick is right. Barnum would
be very proud of practitioners providing 60 minute trims.
Baron