The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: sandy on August 02, 2009, 09:06:52 pm
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How do you go about training to be a Farrier locally? Clackmannanshire, Stirling and surrounding areas
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Good grief, Sandy - you're not going to try that next are you? I think you need to have been around horses a lot to understand them, and become involved with local stables, then I think there is a special course for it at one of the vet schools - Royal Dick maybe?
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No not me, i'm not strong enough, we have a friend in Mexico who is one, he was a Butcher before a farrier!!! I could ask him but not on my Facebook, hes on my son in laws and Daughters though. He started by someone comming into the shop wanting a hand shoeing thier horse, a strong young man to hold the horse!!! not sure what happened after??? Just interested after watching COuntry File last night.
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I may be wrong but this is sticking in my mind from our Farrier. I am sure his son who is training spends lots of time down South but Oatridge Agricultural in Broxburn is ringing bells????
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I shall look that up, at the moment got some other stuff to look up....I want to see who has been comming in and out of our house so I am going to contact the camera people, there is one a few yards from us........what an exciting life I lead :D
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You have to train as an Apprentice with a registered Farrier, and also do blocks of training at college. I think the training is four years now. The Worshipful Company of Farriers website should give you all the details you need http://www.wcf.org.uk/ ;D
There is also the alternative to train as a barefoot trimmer ;) :horse: http://www.appliedequinepodiatry.org
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Thanks, I love this forum, you can get answers to evewrything!!! :)
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Well almost everything ;D