What To Expect

What to expect from a Farrier….
With Sport Horse Farrier you should expect for you and your horse to be treated with the utmost respect. We like to have a good time as much as the next guy and I am sure you will find this out about us, but you can feel comfortable in knowing when it comes to your horses foot health we are dead serious. With us you will find a very approachable Farrier. By this I mean feel free to ask questions it will behoove any horse owner to know why Farriers do certain things. It is our belief that all horse owners need to know what is going on with the horse that they own. You can also expect that we will do continuing education. In the Farrier industry they have many sponsors that put on continuing education classes and why a Farrier would not take advantage of this service is beyond us. I once herd a Farrier say “If in five years you are doing the same thing your doing today you are not evolving as a Farrier” I thought that statement to be very true. With the science and studies that are being done in the equine industry today there are new things being brought to the forefront all the time. The client should expect fare pricing. We do expect to make a living, but we will and do run sport horse Farrier like a business. We are watching our overhead and supply cost on a regular basis so that we can pass fair pricing along to the client.

What we expect from the horse owner
I think we can all agree that a Farriers job is a hard one and with that being said as a Farrier we expect some things of the client. A clean and safe work area is a must. Although I like to work on concrete floors we do know this is not feasible some of the time. A area with proper lighting is a must. Prompt payment is a absolute. We keep a well stocked trailer at all times, but we can not stock everything all the time. We have to buy supplies on a regular basis and to do this we expect prompt payment. We also expect you to be reasonable in your request, by this we mean that we are not miracle workers, voodoo men or doctors of veterinary medicine. Sometimes horses are limited in there athletic abilities. The most important thing we will expect from our clients is a horse that is broke to stand for the Farrier. I have zero desire to be hurt by a ill broke horse, any Farrier that will climb under a ill broke horse and take a chance of getting hurt and loosing time and money is foolish at best. Any client that would expect a Farrier to work on a unbroken horse has no respect for that Farrier or his family.