In response to your question-no.
They have nothing worthwhile to contribute to anything being barely able to do the work of a first week apprentice.
Sorry folks, I'm not impressed.

I will grant them one thing they have done that's been a positive is they've gotten owners to tighten up on the scheduling a little bit.
Ideally horses should get hoof care about once a month. We really stretch it to the breaking point at 6 weeks. If we tried to do them on a more timely schedule we'd be run out of town on a rail accused of robbing people.

Trimmers incorporated shorter intervals into their extensive line of bull****** and it worked. That's about the only noteworthy accomplishment of ant of them though.
George
Read More...

Quote: Thats a good scam Jack. My problem here is within a 20 mile radius of my home there are 3 so called rescue's They each have about 30 to 40 horses ponies and donkey's Not one of them is larger then 4 acres. I drive by these places daily and all i see is a bunch of horses out in a small paddock figthing over a round bale. most of them are ribby, and not because they got them that way , they have had them for months. And all i hear is them begging for donations of money. feed,blankets ect. IMO it's no life for these animals , and they would be better off if they were put to sleep. They've popped up everywhere Dave. Can't say I've ever dealt with one that wasn't a whacko so I tend to avoid them. George
Read More...

You still have her in handmade French Hinds with masselottes? George
Read More...

Anybody following this BS going on in Florida?
www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/pari-...te-hearing-extended/
George
Read More...

See link cleanhorseracing.org/
Is going to be a long uphill fight. Those who would like to get things back to the way they oughta be should give these people your support.
George
Read More...

vthorseshoe wrote:

Good ideas you have Bruce.
Most of the talk right now has been over on the other website.
It's going to be a fun deal.
George
Read More...

Anybody see this one yet?

This stuff just plain sucks guys

May all multinationals die a painful death!
Read More...

Welcome back Bruce!
God Bless you Buddy
George
Read More...

SilverFoot wrote:

That horse has nothing to do with the horse you're talking about now right? Disregard anything having to do with that horse.
Ok, let's stop right there. That speaks volumes. Your horse is fine and your shoer is doing a good job. And this is a problem because? Horses feet look like what they look like. Just because they don't match a picture in a textbook doesn't mean there's anything wrong with them. Quite the contrary. Plastic shoes tend to increase concussion on pavement whilst giving much less traction up to and including dangerous slipping on grass or wet ground. They do flex yes, but that is deletirious when the horse needs the rigidity of the shoe often resulting in collapsed hoofwalls. They also tend to be very difficult to shed dirt from under or to pick out properly causing stones and debris to become trapped beneath them. This causes thrush, stone bruises, abscesses etc etc.
Plastic has been around about as long as there has been plastic and rubber. I have ads for them in a Blacksmith's Journal Magazine here dated 1928.They come around in about 20 year cycles pretty regularly (kinda like locusts) They are talked about in Care and Training of the Trotter and Pacer as Harness Horsemen were screwing around with them a bit back in the '60s. Next wave of new and improved ones came around in the '80s (flex-step, coxton etc) when your's truly made all his foolish mistakes with them. Is nothing new about any of them.See above. Plastic is plastic. They're all the same. They're marketing is aimed at horse owners. That ought to raise a red flag right there.
You need a guy who is experienced at shoeing horses and not chasing fads and gimmicks. Lack of ability tends to really weigh down a lot of folks trucks. You shouldn't want to be straying away from something that's working fine as is. When folks rave about the success they have with plastic it's because it's a bar shoe. If a horse needs a bar shoe give him one. He'll do as well if not better than anything made of plastic. Most of us hate them for reasons I've said and more. In my candid opinion their trash which tend to be popular amongst those with no forging ability.
Honest enough for you?
George
Read More...

Peters Shoeing wrote:

It really just depends. Sometimes trainers will have you bill their owners. It's not something most folks like doing but is sometimes necessary depending on the situation.

Not anymore. Is a PITA for one thing, tends to accomodate your least common denominator people. Big barns it was an unfortunate fact of life but with the ease of getting into credit cards now is really no more need for anybody to be doing it anymore.

Thats a dirty little secret of this industry. It's called barn politics. By guys willingness to pay kickbacks or let barn proprietors profit off of horseshoer sweat, lands many guys lucrative accounts or enables them to keep them.
It's BS guys! Don't freaking do it! For especially the young guys out there don't go down that road. It's a huge mistake you'll regret almost immediately.
George
Read More...

Paddy wrote:
That's excellent news! Best thing I've heard come out of that country. Hopefully more countries will follow their progressive lead
George
Read More...

Happy Birthday Bob!

Hope you had a good one buddy
George
Read More...

If you were there during the term of Quinsey/Trnka that was when they tried it. They didn't get enough names to make for a decent church service so I can't blame them for not wanting to revisit that issue.

Check out www.abana.org They are a good organization. Good people, nice magazines, cheap dues. No BS internal bickering. Call their 800# and get a quote for insurance. You can have automatic deductions from your bank account if you want. Medical Plan is from Transamerica. Is best deal I've been able to find.
George
Read More...