- · She does what’s best for the horse
- · She drives an hour+ to come do my horses.
She says she’s semi-retired and just trimming part time now.
“Only the people I like”. She has a kid
and lots of her own animals to take care of at home, but she makes the time to
make a long drive up to see my girls. I had a moment of panic when she said her
plan is to retire in three years, though I doubt I’ll be living in the same
area once I get out of vet school. I’ll miss her!
- · She is just a plain good person, the kind that gives you faith in humanity
She doesn’t charge me for trimming baby. She says that
because baby horses can change so rapidly, she trims them for free for their
first year of life because she never wants someone not to call her to trim due
to money. Some babies can need trims every 4 weeks to help prevent or reduce
angular limb deformities.
When I got Jetta as a 2-year old she used to come out 2 or 3
times a week and just trim one hoof at a time and helped me work through her many
hoof- and behavior-related issues. Jetta used to try to kick her in the head or lay down
while trimming and since she considered her a rescue horse, she didn’t charge me
those first couple months and she was always good with handling Jetta.
When I was looking for a farrier before AC I had a lady out
and she smacked my horse Jazz (the NICEST most polite horse ever) with her rasp
and I definitely didn’t have her out again. AC also rescues animals and retires
horses to her little farm just to give them a good life.
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| Adorable little baby feet |
- · She’s just so dang nice
There was another farrier at my barn doing shoes while she
was trimming Jetta. He was REALLY rude but she just took it in stride. He
stopped what he was doing to come watch her trim and kept asking her questions
about “why wasn’t she doing this” or “what about that, are you just leaving
that”. Then he ridiculed her for how little she charges for trimming. But AC
was just her normal polite self. Jetta has always been happy barefoot and I
have no complaints about how she does her feet. She grows them like she does
for a reason and we’ve fixed a lot of problems barefoot – she had ridiculous
quarter cracks on her hind feet, recurring abscesses, etc. I make no secret of the fact that I believe
horses will have less problems and have healthier feet long term staying
barefoot. I won’t ridicule people for choosing the convenience of shoes, but
it’s insane the amount of ridicule I receive for having a happy barefoot horse.
AC also brought me fresh eggs “because I know you’re a
college student and you need healthy food”. Have I mentioned I love this woman?
