No I'll stay with the same guy. This isn't the farriers fault. I told him to correct the forging and he did it the only way he knew how. The vet said it was a great shoeing, he had everything right, it was just his method of correcting the problem. She said alot of the old school guys correct the problem like that. I think her thinking on the subject is something that's a new development....
Now it remains to be seen how he will take the advise:). She told me to be careful how I approached him about it, not to critizise but to discuss and suggest:). She has dealt with Chris before, and says him and her have learned to work with each other, took awhile, but they can now:). He's coming Mon. morning. I didn't tell him over the phone all the particulars, just that I needed some things changed on his back shoes. I am fully prepared to apologize to him for "making" him do what he did, and now asking him to undo it.
Becky
Good approach ;~D
You could also see if the vet will talk to him directly... that it's "doctor's orders" and that she's trying an unusual approach.
I've often wondered if my vet and Mark (my farrier) should talk. Although Mark's an excellent farrier, but he doesn't really believe Bay has Navicular symptoms, and I wonder if that's keeping him from doing everything he might otherwise suggest doing if he did believe it. Bay's doing fine, but he's only in thin leather pads, not in wedge pads or bar shoes or the other steps I see people take for a horse with Navicular.