WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER AVERAGE WORK

Started this thread so Patty thread does not get high jacked
regardless how many you do a day what things do you try put

in a job every time you drop a foot?

*looking at hoof balanced to the horse's conformation,
*chosing the correct shoe for the job the horse is doing
*making sure the horse walks more comfortable than before
On shoeing itself:
*trimming and dressing the hoof for trim or shoeing: ie.
*removing false sole, removing flares, sole pressure is off, clean frog and commissures
*shoe fit in size and shape to the horses hoof,
*nailing in the strongest part of the white line, and have strong clinches
*sole depth is kept!
*strong short toe,
*keeping the heels strong..{.not allowing to get underslung, ect.}
*looking for any defects in the hoof, ie.
*thrush, bruising, abscess, old cracks or ones starting, crushed heels, ect., bulbs sore, WLD, seedy toe, laminitis. or navicular, contracted heels, corns, canker, any puncture wounds. or even toe stress which is more of racehorse issue with toe-grabs and racing.

Sounds right out of a book.

I was exhausted reading it
You have to be honest with yourself
if the trainer is on your back to get them done quick
as mentioned in an other thread linda post goes out the window

LOL, I try to do all that in the course of a day Linda, but hardly ever all on the same horse.

Regards

Trying to shoe every horse as if it was mine and Craig Trnka, Dave Ducket, Jaye Perry and Smitty were coming to look at them

So you drink a lot of scotch and Guinness when you shoe, he he he.

My average work is pretty much the same as my best work, which is probably why I only get 3 or 4 done in a day...

Well down here in Oz (BTW I've moved back home... no longer in NZ), 'pretty average' is a euphemism for 'bloody terrible', so I try not to do any average work.... but it does happen from time to time.

All that and not one word about checking for ticks...i think ur right ...union study guide...

I have a photographic memory and high IQ.
it's how I think and it's how I approach shoeing.
I re-read up on forging; but only skimmed it; so all will be retained in my memory; but then forge some more hand-made shoes.
show me once [specifically] and I know how to do it.
I remember dates, times, events even going back 30-40 years conversations ect.

Linda your the best I have ever heard

I would warn against bragging about high IQ and such.
Wile E. Coyote would brag about being incredibly intelligent and worked with anvils too, with bad results.

Smitty,
My only rule is "I try to treat every horse as if it was my own."

So you beat them if they move a muscle?

If I was that smart, I wouldn't be shoeing horses for a living...

She is a bright one

It only took her 5 years to remember where she hid my clipping hammer.

That's the thing about them bright people they forget little things like a hammer
now if you had lent her a Sledge