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A client in Boise said my trim was making her horse sore, and she was right.
She pointed out that I was taking too much heel off her quarter horse, leaving it with no support. I had been doing it that way for maybe ten years, thinking a lower heel looked cleaner. After she spoke up, I started leaving a full quarter inch more heel on most of my trims. The difference in how the horse moved was clear after just a few shoeings. Has anyone else had a client catch a bad habit you didn't know you had?
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ross.kelly22d ago
Funny how a fresh set of eyes can spot the blind spot you've had for years. It wasn't a client for me, but my own kid watching me work. They asked why I always started rasping at the toe on every single horse, like a robot. Made me realize I was stuck in a pattern without even thinking about the individual frog or sole condition. Now I take a full ten seconds to just look at the darn foot first. Broke a decade-long autopilot habit.
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robertb3022d ago
How do we miss what's right in front of us?
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