This is one of my oldest clients (as in I’ve been working for her for the longest) and the only one I still go to Kentucky for. I still go there because I can make the trip, work on as many I my body can stand and go home. I don’t have to bounce around … Read more
This is for a horse that has been diagnosed with navicular syndrome. I like to think of navicular syndrome as similar to carpal tunnel syndrome in humans. Its not cool. I’m not going to go into detail here about the pathology or the mechanical options farriers have here other than to say that this is … Read more
This week I had a few stops where the horses were out when I got to the barn. It happens, I’m not mad or anything, but it does cause hassles. I’m not mad because I have the best clients and this kind of thing rarely happens. When they inevitably ask that I don’t fire them … Read more
Boo has a chronic lameness. It appears to be navicular syndrome of some fashion. We have been working as a typical farrier, trainer and veterinarian team with this horse, experimenting on what we can do to make her feel better. The above shoe is what we were using. I have had a lot of success … Read more
These are the kinds of problems that can occasionally happen in late August around here but its only mid June now. We did have some pretty nice weather for a bit, but then it went straight to this crap you see below. The humidity is insane. I am drenched by 8am. That’s with all fans … Read more
Temperatures are all over the place these days. It’s been a little warm the last few days and today wasn’t even all that cold – but I was. Being around 30 deg F when I got up around 5am, I did go ahead and plug my truck in. Even at these relatively warm temperatures, the … Read more
This barn belongs to one of my newest clients… I’ve actually been working with her for quite some time, but she is still one of my newer clients. She came to me as a referral from my mentor, farrier Gary Stern about twelve years ago. Gary is the farrier that shod my mother’s horses when … Read more
The ground has suddenly gotten hard and the bugs have gotten heavy. Its always a tough time of year, but this looks to be a bad one. The hooves are in terrible shape. Honestly, this post isn’t directly related to that, but the suck is still the central problem of the season. Today was actually … Read more
This video is a little different than the style I have done before. It is basically just a long run of unedited footage. You get all the nonsense barn talk and all. Enjoy.
It’s not too bad yet, mostly just a sprinkling, but it still makes my nice shiny tools very sad and frankly, me too It was still warm this morning. Thank goodness for that but we all know what comes next in the mid west. Lucy One of the little ponies I worked on this morning … Read more