MY HORSES FEET STINK WHEN THE FARRIER IS WORKING ON THEM, DOES THIS INDICATE THRUSH?
NO, absolutely not, this is a horrible myth that appears in numerous texts. Fact is almost every horses feet that I work on , or have ever worked on, have had some foul odor of some form or another. Unless scrubbed with soap, and kept in a sanitary environment, horse feet are going to stink. Some of the "thrush treatment" products sold today, actually cause the thrush to get worse.
ARE BAR SHOES ONLY FOR HORSES THAT HAVE LEG PROBLEMS?
Absolutely not, If applied correctly, bar shoes can take approximately 30 percent of strain of the flexor aspect of the equine movement, and add approximately 30 percent more endurance to a horses performance. eg. If a jumper starts to bump rails before completing the course due to fatique, equipping him with bar shoes on the hind feet can help him tremendously in the jump off....
You are starting to see a lot more "world class" horses performing in bar shoes, this is not because the horse is unsound, but b/c equine professionals have finally relized the value of these types of shoes.....oh, and one must be tremendously skilled to keep a pair "bar shoes" on!!
HOW COME HORSES IN THE WILD DON'T NEED SHOES?
Horses in the wild don't have 100 lb. plus riders to haul around. They are not ridden over jumps, raced around barrels, ridden across stones, asked to keep performing even thou they have all but worn away their hooves,,,Nope , they don't do this, and most horses don't live to be the age of our captive 'four leggers" live due to not having shoes,,,,,We ask our horses to WORK , something not required of horses in the wild, and horseshoes are as to horses, as work gloves are to us,,,,Sure , we could do a little labor without gloves, but your hands will start hurting eventually,,,,get that pony some shoes!!!
YOUR PRICES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE FARRIERS IN MY ARE, ARE YOU A SCAM ARTIST?
NO, Horseshoeing can be learned in a matter of months, BUT takes years to master, AND even after mastering horseshoeing there is still alot to be learned...In today, farrier world, there is to much SPECULATION and CONJECTURE being pawned off as facts....this is not phenom associated with Stoddard's Advanced Shoeing.
A horse can be shod in 15 min, or in 2 hours depending on the skill level and the amount of detail a farrier is willing to put into each shoe job...by using Jay Stoddard, you can rest assure that no corners will be cut, and every attention to detail will be utilized...
...One will ultimately end up saving money, often times even after paying a little more initially. For instance, a horse that would normally have to be reset every4 or 5 weeks, can usually go quite a bit longer before having to be reset again using Jay Stoddard. Thus, making up for the increase in initially price. The math ultimately ends up about the same at the end of the year... factor in the savings of vet cost, convenience of having shoes still on when you need them to be. Furthermore, the immense amount of detail and knowledge that goes into one of Jay's shoe jobs must be factored in. Then there's the prodigious amounts of understanding, empathy, and compassion towards your horse, and Jay suddenly becomes a bargain at ANY price!!!
An EXPERT is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a narrow field...
-- Niels Bohr
A MASTER is one who has LEARNED from those mistakes..
--Jay Stoddard
