Weeeell, he does and he doesn't. Yeah they've got a bit of a roll, but not near as much as an NB shoe, and he doesn't back the toe up nearly as far as I'd like to see him do, but for a regular farrier I'd say he does a nice job. A lot of farriers, most I guess, really don't want you questioning the way they set a shoe and if you don't like the way they shoe, then about your only option is to find another one that already shoes the way you like. Sad fact, but true.
Heh... yeah - I gathered that, from his unwillingness to talk about it ;~)
I really don't want to have to find a new farrier... Mark's reliable on appts, and I think does better work than the others I know in the area. He's been doing Bay since I got him, and does Bob's too. Bob tried every one in town and liked Mark the best. He's never lamed a horse and his shoes always stay on. I've never lost one, and when I was in the little bit of suck mud we found yesterday at 8 weeks since the last reset, I thought if I was gonna lose one, it'd be yesterday.
Mark's about the last of the farriers around here who went through the community college farrier school that used to be here, before it closed. Some of the others are just self taught guys who did their own and decided to go into business. I had thought about trying to find a NB-trained farrier, if there are any in town, if I thought they could keep Bay sounder longer. But I hate to burn a bridge with Mark if the new guy ended up not working. Mark's been reliable, which is a rare thing in a farrier, it seems :~)
I just worry about him if he starts to seem like he's barely making money.