Posted by Bill Adams on September 15, 2003 at 16:02:37:
In Reply to: Re: Who's in it for the money? posted by Anne Daimler on September 15, 2003 at 15:02:14:
: : : 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
:
: Baron and Bill:
: And I see this is proving my point, that the typical farrier barefoot trim is nothing more than a clip job.
: Anne
:
No Anne, is has to do with 7000 horses plus in my eleven years, which is a drop in the bucket to some of the others here.
Bill