I am a farrier and have been for 18 years. It drives me absolutlely nuts to see
some of the trim jobs by some professional AFA certifed farriers. THEY are
SUPPOSED to KNOW how to trim a foot properly. Unfortunately some schools are
seriously lacking. [i have a friend who attended a school for 8 weeks, and she
said she learned more going with me for 1 day]. A lot of the schools are geared
certification, and certification does absolutely nothing for the everyday horse. If I
shoe my clients horses to certification standards, I won't have any clients because
the horses won't keep their shoes on. Also a lot of these guys want to get in and
out fast and don't care about the horse. Those that do care treat'em like gold.
Linda B
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