Contacting your farrier

[Lulu44]

My farrier is very good at what he does, probably one of the best in the area, and is one of the only people other then me to win my horse round for picking up his feet after previous bad experience.

But him coming out to do the trims can be frustrating. He books us in the diary just before he leaves, but in the 3 years we've had him he's kept that appointment once! He now books us in early but will come out anywhere up to 2 weeks after the booked date. We've only been overdue a trim once using this system, when he misjudged and we went 9 weeks between trims instead of 7/8.
But contacting him is a nightmare. He rarely answers texts, and if he picks up the phone he's usually under a horse so can't book you back in there and then, so your waiting up to a week for a callback.
So my question is it common for farriers to be like this? Hes very sought after so i appreciate he's busy but it feels like I'm doing too much chasing?

@kittykarate

Based on what my friends tell me, farriers are usually "Crazy/Unreliable/Incompetent/Alchoholic". If you're lucky you find one that's only 2/4.

😂😂😂 Add sexpest and pervert to that list and you're about bang on!

lol I've literally just started a thread about this - mine is a complete nightmare, never turns up when he says he will, then goes AWOL until it suits him!

Sounds like you got one of the good ones OP. My mates last farrier used to not turn up for weeks on end leaving her with a horse with lost shoes before competitions. He then got drunk one night and started sending her dick pics and videos of him playing with himself. She woke up to them the next day while in bed with her 3 year old. It was really hard to find another one too. There's more work than there is farriers in most parts of the country so they can behave pretty much how they like.

Oh and DD's share ponies farrier just turns up when he pleases and expects someone to appear. Could be 3 days early, could be 2 weeks late - who knows. Keeps everyone on their toes! 😆