Posted by frankie G on September 01, 2002 at 01:57:18:
In Reply to: Re: how to shoe? posted by MEG OLIVER on April 25, 2001 at 10:27:54:
: : : : ive just started to shoe horses i went to school
: : : : but we never really touched to much on shoeing this kind of thing this horse im going to do has now got a heartbar shoe on im am told by my farrier friends that i could instead of the shoe and worring about getting the prssure just right i could use a pad and normal shoe the pad is nprmal with a frog wedge to help the pressure is this a good choice
: : : hey bro listen !! go fore it !!!!! just do it smart . how dose anybody know whats wrong with a horse just by looking at it ??? what are they super man? X-RAY EYES? if you go to people's farm and diagnose evry horse your going to get in trouble one day.we are horse shoers not vet's (WE PUT THE SHOE ON THE HORSE). we take pride in our work but we are not doctors and have no right to diagnose horses just by the look of things. so my advice to you would be tell the lady you need to know whats wrong with the horse !!! unless its something simple that you can se with your eye you should always get a vet. its much safer this way and you look great and in the long run you save her alot of money . when the vet come he will explain to you whats going on in the leg. ask him he'l tell ya what to do . now its another story if ya never done it before !!! but thats up to you ??? good luck bro you can do it!!! be smart.
: : : You are posting on the navicular BB so assume that the problem is he is navicular. Is that correct????? If so i would not want a heartbar or that type of pad. I would start with the GE-n shoe made by GE. You need to tell us what the problem is before we can really help you much.
: : : Is he navicular or does he have laminitis or what??????? Each will need to be shod different.
: : : Give us more info.
: : : Allen
: : At your current level of skill, knowledge and experience, you have no business working on this horse. I would suggest that you tell the client this, and offer to find someone with the requisite abilities. You could ask one of the other farriers of your aquaintance to come and work with you on this case, so that you can begin to learn correctly and efficiently how to deal with horses with this problem. In any event, you are in over your head, and would be wise to back away from the situation, for the benefit of all concerned.
: : Rick
: WHILE I AGREE WITH RICK THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY IN OVER YOUR HEAD, I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO LEARN. ALL OF US WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE DOING THIS SORT OF SPECIALIZED THERAPEUTIC SHOEING GOT IT FROM DOING WORK LIKE THIS. JUST DO NOT USE A CUSTOMER'S HORSE TO LEARN. I WOULD TELL THE CUSTOMER YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT THAT YOU WILL FIND SOMEONE IN YOUR AREA WHO DOES..THEY WILL RESPECT YOU FOR THAT.WHEN YOU FIND SOMEONE, ASK IF THEY WILL TEACH YOU WHAT IS TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU TELL THEM THE NAME OR PHONE NUMBER OF THE CLIENT. THAT WAY YOU WILL LEARN AND THE HORSE WILL BE WELL TREATED. HOW CAN WE EVER EXPECT FARRIERS TO LEARN IF WE DON'T HELP EM ALONG. PEOPLE(OTHER FARRIERS AND VETS) HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY.THAT'S WHAT THIS BULLETIN BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO DO ALSO. MEG