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Had a client near Springfield ask me to skip the clinch on a front shoe
He said his old farrier told him it 'wasn't needed for a light horse.' I saw that horse two months later with a loose shoe that had twisted and bruised the sole. Has anyone else run into this kind of bad advice lately?
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miles58115d ago
Oh, that's exactly the sort of thing that drives me up the wall. It feels like we're living in an age where everyone's an expert after reading a few forum posts, and real, hard-won knowledge gets tossed aside. You see it everywhere, not just with horses. People skip the basics, call them old-fashioned, and then wonder why things fall apart. That poor horse is paying the price for someone's overconfidence.
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derek_brown2815d ago
Man, I feel that. But honestly, some of the old ways got tossed for a good reason. The trick is knowing which basics are actually timeless.
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