Conor O’Regan Farriery Service

01/11/2023

*CHRISTMAS BREAK*

Hey guys! With the realization today that we are now in November (where has the year gone 😳) just thought we'd touch base with you all regarding appointments over the upcoming holiday period!

Conor will be taking a well deserved two week break over Christmas and New Year - his last appointments will be Friday 22nd December and resuming on Monday 8th January. There will be no appointments available between these dates.

If you have a genuine emergency (think, half a hoof falling off) he will be available for urgent care.

Laura x

05/10/2023

**CHANGES TO OUR SERVICES**

Hey guys! As most of you know I've been in the process of setting up a clinic to focus on remedial work which has gotten up and running in recent weeks. This has unfortunately also coincided with Julian having finished up with us, and we are struggling to fit everyone in being down to one person and are regrettably now in a position where we need to make some changes to how things operate to ease the pressure on myself and allow me to grow the venture at the clinic. The current workload travelling to clients is unmanageable on my own, and I above all else don't want to be in a position where the quality of work or standard of care is compromised due to time constraints, or where we are constantly having to cancel and rearrange appointments as I can't keep up with the work (which is already starting to happen) - unfortunately I'm only one person and can only do so much in a day.

This means that a lot of the travelling will need to be cut out, and I will no longer be able to service certain areas without clients floating to me at my clinic. I spend so much time in the van travelling between properties, when this time needs to be spent keeping everyones horses in tip top shape so I can help as many of you as possible. I appreciate the support I have received from each and every one of you across the years while I settled in AUS - and I want to continue to be able to take the best care of all of your horses and am only able to do this by making these changes.

We will be touching base with those booked in for the coming weeks and advise your options for your appointments - but for the majority of you that aren't immediately on my doorstep, unfortunately I can only continue to service you at my clinic in Connewarre. For agistments and the like with a lot of you in one place, you will now have one day every six weeks allocated to the property which everyone will need to fit into on the same cycle. If you're unable to make the day or times allocated, or if your horse has special needs and is on a shorter cycle, you will need to float to us for your appointment.

I appreciate these changes may be difficult for some of you, but it is the only way I can continue to service everyone and not have to dramatically decrease my client base and be unable to take care of you.

Sincerely, Conor x

17/09/2023

Hey guys, with the summer coming up and competition/show season taking full effect can I please ask that you all try and help as much as possible with appointment flexibility. It has been getting increasingly difficult to book people in recently when we have so many people that request before 8am or after 4pm. Obviously I understand you all have your own work commitments however there is only a limited amount of slots available for said times, and with things about to get much busier i'm afraid we will have to be stricter on the times to make things smoother, aswell as avoid the unnecesary travel if we are not in your area.

Some of you will have already become acquainted with Laura whilst booking your recent appointments, she will be your friendly voice for any future bookings and enquiries

Hope you all had a great weekend and Thankyou

Conor

11/08/2023

It’s hard for a farrier to witness signs of neglect, regardless of the cause. But more often than none, unfortunately, I find it simply stems from a lack of owner education.. Fortunately we have the power to intervene and educate.
Welcome to your new road of rehabilitation lil’ man 👌

29/07/2023

A Facebook memory from 13 years ago.. this lil chap would sit down like a dog just to try and get out of having his hinds trimmed 😂
Where there’s a will there’s a way 🤷🏻‍♂️

05/06/2023

25/04/2023

Says a lot really when even the Snapchat AI bot knows how it should be! 😅
Unfortunately too many people don’t realise the risk, until it either goes wrong, or it’s too late 😒

20/04/2023

Shoeing for the suspensory in the hind

18/04/2023

🎵 Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Rawhide 🎶

05/04/2023

The Suspensory shoe reduces the insertion of the toe into the ground and facilitate the pe*******on of the heels in soft ground thanks to the narrow branches. The enlarged heel area in contact with the foot increases comfort in the posterior area, whilst a large rolling toe facilitates the forward rotation of the foot.

The use of this long-forgotten shoe is perfectly designed to support the suspensory ligament, as well as the oblique sesamoidean and can speed up the healing process to these areas by reducing the amount of stress often found with injuries to these structures

26/03/2023

Standard.. 🤷🏻‍♂️😜😅

17/03/2023

New Shoe Feels 👞☀️
Happy Friday! 😎

27/02/2023

So as many of you know I’ve had a helper since the last quarter of 2022. Most of you have been acquainted, however I would like to introduce Julian who has officially started his 4 year apprenticeship with us.

He is a great addition to the team and the feedback I’ve been receiving has been absolutely fantastic to hear!
I really look forward to seeing this lad go far!

02/02/2023

Looking after the oldies 👌

20/01/2023

Another day.. Another scratch 👌☺️
Happy Friday everyone!

17/01/2023

Hey everyone, hope you’re all keeping cool today 🥵😎

Just a little update regarding previous post about late fees for invoices.. Thinking that would resolve the case, it hasn’t, and when people do eventually decide to pay they simply ignore the additional late fee.. So as of today, no more invoices!! It’s that simple!

I now have an eftpos machine up and running! From here on it will simply be cash or card payment only! (Incl. Apple Pay/Google Pay) These are now your ‘ONLY’ 2 options of payment.

If you’re unable to pay on the day, your appointment will be cancelled.

I tried to avoid this 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thankyou

Conor

13/01/2023

Last horse of the day… done! 😝😝😝

08/01/2023

Hey guys, hope you’re all having a great start to 2023.

Couple of things I just want to make everyone aware of, all ‘invoices’ now incur GST.

And all invoices will now incur a 5% late fee of the total if not paid within 7 days, and additional late fees each week after.. All week every week I’m having to allow time out of my day to follow up and chase invoices to be paid, it’s an invoice! Not an account! So.. hopefully with the introduction of late fees I can try to get on top of the chasing and eliminate it altogether.

Conor

25/12/2022

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!
Hope you all have a fantastic day!

21/12/2022

Well.. Santa’s obviously grateful for his new shoes! 🐴 👟 😅

20/12/2022

Wedge Pad Wednesday ☀️

This pad is used in conjunction with a digital impression material to help re align the hoof pastern axis angle.

In this case the wedge pad is used to artificially raise the hoof angle where her conformation needs assistance as the hoof angle is low relative to the pastern angle.

18/12/2022

When you go to shoe a horse at an equestrian centre in the communal shoeing area, and decide to get the magnet out before you start, just to be safe that other farriers haven’t left any old nails lying around in the gravel.. (unfortunately more common than you think)

This is what the magnet picked up 🙈🙈🙈

Loss for words! Any 1 of these could end a horses life.. This is why it is so important to have a clean, safe area to shoe

16/12/2022

Slightly different variation to your traditional hospital plate 👌

This variant is a sturdy, full sole open up pad, designed to allow easy access to the foot for medication while giving protection where needed.

09/12/2022

Friday morning scratchies 👌☀️🐎

01/12/2022

Thank you everyone who has been in contact in the last week. We are fast approaching Christmas and the new year and the calendar is starting to look very full. Please if you need an appointment before Christmas or early in the new year get in contact as soon as possible. If you have a tentative appointment with Conor please get in contact to confirm that this is now in the new system. We look forward to hearing from you ☺️
0466 242 343

16/11/2022

Good afternoon everyone.

Would just like to let you all know the new business number is now up and running and all point of contact will now be through this new number, so please save it down in your contacts!

0466 242343

Also.. I would like to introduce everyone to Hayley Bodrogkozy ☺️
Hayley will officially be your go to for booking appointments and any other issues you have, and will now be your first port of call for any enquiries.

I’m currently in the UK however whilst I’m here Hayley will be getting the new booking system up and running so please if you’d be happy to help her out, please give her a ring on this number as soon as you can and help us get you in the system and your next appointment confirmed

Thankyouuuu ☺️
Conor

26/10/2022

Lots of changes coming soon to the way the business operates.. Pleased to say I will have a new booking system in place very soon for appointments, with automated confirmation texts to confirm bookings. (This will require myself having a customer database in which my existing clients will need to fill in a page with their details)
Will have a friendly face back to managing the phones, business pages, booking system and dealing with any others issues so that there is always someone to liaise with daily.. And more importantly.. More farriers 👌😁

01/02/2022

Low heels, also called underrun or collapsed heels, is one of the most prevalent deformities found in horses feet, particularly thoroughbreds and can be such a frustrating cause of lameness, especially if not addressed and shod properly as this can also lead to many other issues. Though I don’t have any photos of the process to get to this current stage, in 4 shoeings I can show you the results! 👌

14/01/2022

Seems a pretty accurate comparison.. 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

11/01/2022

Bit of lateral support for the big boy! 💪👌