Posted by Bill Adams on September 15, 2003 at 12:25:39:
In Reply to: Re: Who's in it for the money? posted by Baron Tayler, RJFE on September 15, 2003 at 10:39:43:
: 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
Baron,
I was going to make a coment about being able to do seven horses an hour instead of a whole day, but thought that a bit bragartly and insenitive. Thanks for covering for me.
Bill