Is your farrier registered
jeanette.pyrah
thinking about changing their farrier or even thinking about becoming a
farrier!
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Jeanette and Freddie
S Macran
On Tue, 8 May 2001, jeanette.pyrah wrote:
> Thought this might be a useful site for 'new horse/pony owners' or for those
> thinking about changing their farrier or even thinking about becoming a
> farrier!
>
> www.farrier-reg.gov.uk
With reference to the header of this post I thought all farriers had to
be registered.
Sue
Esther Young
> On Tue, 8 May 2001, jeanette.pyrah wrote:
>
> > Thought this might be a useful site for 'new horse/pony owners' or for
those
> > thinking about changing their farrier or even thinking about becoming a
> > farrier!
> >
> > www.farrier-reg.gov.uk
And then Sue wrote:
> With reference to the header of this post I thought all farriers had to
> be registered.
There are an awful awful lot of unregistered (illegal) farriers out there.
Especially in this area (and you ain't that far from me). I couldn't believe
how many I came across when I was looking last time. Many were recommended
to me by people who ran reputable yards/had ruddy good horses/were
secretaries of breed societies/etc (ie people I respected), and they don't
charge any less than registered farriers, either.
Don't just assume your farrier is registered - have you ever asked him?
Esther
jeanette.pyrah
> Especially in this area (and you ain't that far from me). I couldn't
believe
> how many I came across when I was looking last time. Many were recommended
> to me by people who ran reputable yards/had ruddy good horses/were
> secretaries of breed societies/etc (ie people I respected), and they don't
> charge any less than registered farriers, either.
>
> Don't just assume your farrier is registered - have you ever asked him?
>
> Esther
>
Esther your so right - thank you. My brother is a farrier and he himself
has had two apprentices under him. The apprenticeship is very hard and
thorough, it takes 4 yrs to become a registered farrier, and three exams
they have to past a) Theory - all about the horse a, b) Practical - shoeing
a horse and c) Oral - questioned by 3 different vets on certain aspects.
If they fail ONE or more of these exams, they are then given a second
chance to re-sit and if they fail a second time they DO NOT get a another
chance.
Apparently registered farries must display a badge in their vehicles and
must carry their card as proof, but then like he said, you have some
registered farriers out there who have passed and their work is atrocious!!.
Recommendations are OK, but unless you ask, you would never know for
certain - Your horse is your responsibilty and deserves the best, he relies
on you to take care of him in every way from feeding, grooming riding etc.
My brother takes pride in his work, and guarantees his shoeing for 3 weeks,
he works extremley closely to all the local equine vets, he doesn't
advertise as is recommended by many people, and he displays and carries all
necessary documentation with him.
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> ...but then like he said, you have some
> registered farriers out there who have passed and their work is
atrocious!!.
I think half the problem is that there is such a shortage of registered
farriers, those that there are have a temptation to take on loads of work
and start rushing.
I know at least one guy in particular who is actually a very good farrier -
but he takes on so many horses in a day that the quality of his work just
goes right down. You can tell his work a mile off - ALL the horses have long
toes and collapsed heels. My current (and brilliant, and registered)
farriers will take as long with two of them to do one of my horses as the
old one used to take to do both neds.
Esther
S Macran
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Esther Young wrote:
> And then Sue wrote:
> > With reference to the header of this post I thought all farriers had to
> > be registered.
>
> There are an awful awful lot of unregistered (illegal) farriers out there.
> Especially in this area (and you ain't that far from me). I couldn't believe
> how many I came across when I was looking last time. Many were recommended
> to me by people who ran reputable yards/had ruddy good horses/were
> secretaries of breed societies/etc (ie people I respected), and they don't
> charge any less than registered farriers, either.
>
> Don't just assume your farrier is registered - have you ever asked him?
Never directly but the letterhead on his bills have
members of society of farriers or whatever it's called on them . So I will
assume that he is.
There does seem to be a shortage of really good farriers in this part of
the world. Our chap is okay (I've no problems with him doing india but
then she has quite nice feet) but the service seems to have deteriorated
a bit since he became a new dad. The farrier everyone around here seems
to really rate is based in Northallertion and he doesn't travel - doesn't
need to.
Sue
John
For what its worth I know a guy (now retired) who was an excellent Farrier
as well as Blacksmith or as now known Agricultural Engineer. When the
Farriers Registration Act came in he was faced with the prospect of being
"assessed" by a spotty faced youth (his words) and his pride simply would
not allow this. He simply stopped the Farriery side of his business and in
the end made more money out of "Iron Bashing and Welding" for many years
after. He said it was easier since the work came to him rather than him
having to go out to the work and it never kicked or bit.
All I know is that our area lost a good Farrier through the introduction of
this particular act and judging from some of the criticisms which appear in
here from time to time it has not really achieved the desired intent of
clearing out the poor Farriery. On my home front, its a bit like CORGI
registration being supposed to guarantee all gas work being fully up to
standard (and this is not an attempt to open up a different can of worms)
The Farrier I use now is a good 'un and IS registered. He usually has an
apprentice or two on the go and has an excellent manner with the most
nervous of horses. He also comes when he says he is going to which nowadays
is almost unique around here.
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Brian Le Cornu
Malaga. Many things were much cheaper there, but the thing we noted was that
about a quarter of the shop was devoted to boxes of shoes and nails. Do the
local farriers buy from a retail outlet, or was this for the DIY trade???
Is there a Spanish word for "registered"?
Brian.
Ad Hill
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> Malaga. Many things were much cheaper there, but the thing we noted was
that
> about a quarter of the shop was devoted to boxes of shoes and nails. Do
the
> local farriers buy from a retail outlet, or was this for the DIY trade???
Many horse owners in spain shoe their own horses. There are farriers & I
believe there is a registration system but not everyone uses them (one of my
stallions was shod by his owner.....this guy was their national dressage
champ but it certainly didn;t qualify him to shoe a decent foot! My farrier
sighed when he saw them.)
Don;t know about where the farriers get their stock from though.
Ad