Posted by Denise McLain on September 16, 2003 at 09:43:23:
In Reply to: Re: Who's in it for the money? posted by Rick Burten on September 16, 2003 at 08:11:25:
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: : : Why did I know you would find some way to avoid the challange? Thanks for again proving just exactly the type of person we are dealing with. But, in the interest of "Chest Puffing" I'll still wager , say $5000.00 that I can and will do a better , faster, more efficient, more correct job of trimming than any Strasserite, including the good doctor herself, walking the face of the earth today. Wanna Play? Ante up.
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: : Typical AFA contest mentality. And who is to judge the "correctness of the trim"? The true test of whether the trim is correct is the soundness of the barefoot horse months or years down the road.
: : Denise
: Well, since I don't compete in any AFA contests, your analogy is incorrect. But since you follow Strasser, it is in keeping with that mentality.
: Since we don't have the months/years option, at least for the instance of this particular wager, how about science? We'll take radiographs before and after. Now just to make it interesting, no one gets to see the before pics, but everyone gets to see the after pics. Then we compare the two. And, since Strasser has some clear parameters to her protocol, we can use them to evaluate the performed strasser trim. We'll get the veterinarians to ascess soundness or lameness before and after. A stopwatch will suffice for the time component.
: But, I digress. In effect, you miss the point. Or, perhaps you don't and this is but one more effort to evade.
: Tell ya what. I think I can perform a vaunted Strasser trim, better, faster, and more efficiently than either you or Anne, and probably better than any other CHCS. I think I can discuss lifestyles, nutrition, whatever , as well if not better than an acolyte. But, since I will be able to also imitate a True Believer by waffling, crawfishing, obfusicating, and evading,should you have the temerity to call me on these beliefs, it should provide some interesting reading. And Anne at last will be able to point to a posting where in I fulfill her previously unsupportable contention about me.
: Rick
Rick,
I am beginning to understand what your problem is with Anne, or myself or any Strasser trimmer who is having success using the Strasser methods or for that matter with anyone using any barefoot method and having success and charging a decent price. I recently attended one of KC LaPierre's clinics. KC tells his graduates they shouldn't get under any horse for less than $40 a trim, as he claims his trim takes longer than the typical pasture trim most farriers perform (it does). KC is a RJF member of your vaunted Guild and his other message loud and clear was that shoes do not heal the horse, even the more "scientifically studied" ones such as Redden's or the Natural Balance EDSS. KC's business card even has a logo with a horseshoe with a big red circle around it with a big red line through it. When you have one of your own "rank and file" members preaching the same message as Dr. Strasser I have to think there is more to this barefooting "fad" as you and your ilk call it and why you so vehemently oppose the barefoot trimmers and why you want to propose a barefoot certification for AFA members. You feel you've missed the bandwagon. But like Anne says, there is enough work out there for everyone. Maybe you should just raise your prices you charge for trimming, it might make you feel better.
Denise