Farrier Can't Handle Mare's Feet - Q&A With Clinton Anderson

Question: My mare trusts me to pick up and hold her feet for however long I want, but the farrier has trouble doing it. How can I correct that behavior?
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[@dawnaustin4556]

Can't argue on anything! Thanks, Clinton!

[@stephenking7923]

all very true excellent advice good video Clinton

[@victoriasjourney1577]

So true about the farrier! I had one who was always in a hurry and would cuss my horses and, thus causing them to be anxious, switched farriers and they are 95% better

[@ellafields9424]

Straight forward information As Usual. 👍

[@horsecrazy7655]

Thanks Clinton for speaking the truth, people don’t put a lot of effort in learning horsemanship, they just wing it and the horse stuffers for it, so many people want to own a horse but not very much responsibility towards the training, proper handling and riding and the needs of the horse, and everyone should look for a farrier with great horsemanship skills and shods great and hang on to them for dear life , they are hard to come by

[@rachealsingell3857]

We just got a new farrier! I can’t believe we didn’t change earlier.

[@PONYHEAVEN]

Amen

[@annieshattuck8171]

Thank you

[@robynatkins1679]

True!

[@alfrdup]

I bought a horse from the farriers mother. They both lied about the horse. He would come out and the last time he was there, she let him have it in the stomach. I noticed that she didn't like him for some reason. The way he had her foot up, I was thinking maybe that's not right from his position, bam she nailed him good. I was going to change farriers anyway. He walked out saying that he needed to go to the hospital. Never saw him again. I changed over to the lady farrier, and what a difference in my horse but also her attitude. 😊 By the way you sir tell the story like it really is.

[@calin7017]

Every horseman/woman should learn how to trim the horses hooves, especially if the horse isn't shod. Any piece of pebble either in the pen or on the trail can bruise a sole or make a sole abscess, which anybody with a farrier knife can remove it and drain the abscess before the horse becomes lame.
As for the farrier vs owner, I would rather side with the farrier than the owner, particularly if the farrier is dully certified and, above all, experienced.

[@johnalcorn2967]

I do this alot and I have other people pick the feet up as well...

[@horsehaircreationsbykaren]

I trim my own horses, but I hate banging metal, so when the snow is gone, they are shod. I would be so embarrassed if my horse was a dink for farrier

[@davidheinly553]

👍👍👍

[@helensmith2839]

My daughter taught herself to do her own farriering on her horse's.