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I think a lot of farriers are way too quick to blame the horse for being 'bad' to shoe.
I was at a clinic in Lexington last month and watched a guy struggle for an hour with a young quarter horse. He kept saying the horse was just being stubborn and needed to learn respect. I stepped in, adjusted my hold on the pastern, and the horse stood quiet as could be. It wasn't the horse, it was the angle and pressure he was using. I see this all the time. We label a horse difficult when maybe we just need to check our own technique first. How do you guys approach a horse that seems resistant before deciding it's a behavior problem?
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hugo_hayes3d ago
My old mentor in Texas always said to check your own two feet first. If a horse is fighting me, I stop and change something small, like where I'm standing or how I'm holding the leg. Most of the time, that fixes it. Calling a horse bad is just an excuse for not figuring out the real problem. It's our job to make the shoe fit the horse, not force the horse to fit our routine.
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