Posted by George Spear on April 27, 2004 at 21:34:03:
In Reply to: Re: Correction to previous post [Re: questions (long) ] posted by Phil Armitage on April 26, 2004 at 23:58:05:
: : Regarding heel differences on my Haffies front hooves, that was supposed to be a 3.5 - 4.5. Thankfully there isn't a 1.5 cm. difference though 1 cm. is bad enough.
: : Also, in my last post I said the farrier said she'd get "navicular"; meant to say the farrier says she's going to get navicular disease. Actually, 2 farriers said that.
: : Oh, and of 3 farriers, they all hated her hooves because of how "hard" they are. Is it okay for her hooves to be so hard?
: : Thank you.
: : Patience
: Hi Patience, I attended the NB Clinic in VT. it was very good. I am located in southern Maine, South Berwick. A friend of mine who also attended the clinic is a farrier that is located further north, I do not know if your close to him or not, but maybe I can refer him to you. If your interested just E-mail me and maybe we can work something out. It is difficult to try and trim your own horses, farriers do it everyday and the whole proccess becomes second nature, kind of like the differenc between a full time carpenter and a one that does it as a hobby. It is not impossible to learn but to really aquire the skills you have to trim many and often for a couple of years. It is OK for horses feet to be hard, but they can become to dry and sore. Horses feet need to be right in the middle of not too dry and not to wet, both extremes are harmfull. A good test for proper hydration, is the frog should be like an erraser not hard but not very soft either. Hope this helps, and best of luck.
: Phil
Patience,
I try and attend at least one Gene Ovnicek 3 day clinic a year usually in the slower months (Jan, feb, mar, april). Just went to the one in VT but if you schedule gene after the busy season count me in.
Where are you located? I have a camp that I don't get to often enough on east grand lake in orient,ME.
George Spear
Lazy L Farrier Service
Otisfield, ME