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Better Hoof Care Equals A Lower Feed Bill
If clients ever ask you to justify your shoeing prices, consider telling them that they'll 
more than make up what they pay you in what they save on their feed bills.
We spent time recently with Jim Crew, a veteran farrier originally from Alabama, who now travels widely shoeing high-end horses that have lameness problems.
Crew believes that horses suffering painful lamenesses respond to that pain in part by hitting the feed bag hard.
"Pain causes stress in horses and horses who are stressed eat more," says Crew. "If we can relieve that stress by making those feet feel better, we can cut the owner's feed bill."
We'll feature more of what Crew shared with us in future issues of American Farriers Journal.
COMMENTS: 1
Posted from: Heidi, 10/24/09 at 3:49 AM CDT
Remind clients that horses cannot process sugar and high starch.....changing/adjusting their feeds appropriately will make a better hoof, and help everything work/feel better. Hay hay hay and turnout will make the biggest impact on hoof/horse health. Average time in a stall for a competition horse is 12-18 hrs....that's nuts!
