Pete Rowlay Farrier

19/01/2024

10/11/2023

A message from your farrier;

(The farrier you fired, the farrier you hired, and your "forever" farrier.)

We don't ask for a lot. But we understand that you think we do.

Our prices are set anywhere from "I can survive on this" to "I can retire on this". Most of us are inbetween these two. We don't charge a lot.

We "require" safe working conditions. But if we see that you care and do everything in your power to make our appointments go well, we can be extremely flexible and accomidating. We never ask for perfection...only effort.

Most farriers "grade" their clients. One farrier can say to another "that's a D horse" and we will know exactly what they mean. Every farrier wants a full book of A+ clients and horses. Early on, we will work on a C horse... and give the average client three chances (~6 months) after three appointments, if the horse doesn't improve, we might be "too busy" to work on Fluffy any more.

"You only have so many horses in you" is a common saying among older farriers. What they mean is that each horse wears us don't a little bit. Each wiggly horse costs us some of our joint cartilage, and longevity. A horse that is difficult to work on is worth two or three that are well-behaved.

In the best of conditions, our trade is inherently dangerous. We deal with sharp tools, hammers, fire, and a 1,000 pound creature that makes violent decisions on a whim...and we are nearly preforming surgery in these conditions. A swipe of the rasp, a slice of the knife, or a nip can be the difference of good work or bad, lame or sound. All we ask for is safe environment so we can do our best work for you.

Often, our frustration is due to not being able to do our best work. We strive to do good work. No farrier leaves their house planning to do sub-par work. Our satisfaction is derived from good horses, kind clients, and quality work. When we are asked to work in the mud, or work on ill-mannered horses; our ability to do quality work is nearly impossible, or (for us stubborn ones) the work takes twice as long and causes us more pain. We aren't frustrated because we're just having a bad day or we're impatient. We are frustrated because we are being deprived a simple satisfaction of a job well done.

We chose this profession for the love of horses and working with people that share that love.

Next time you're dissastisfied with your farrier... consider our possition. Did you do everything you can to help us, or did you point to the horse and say "They're over there, let me know when you're done."

Give us the chance to do our best work and see what we're capable of. Everyone

31/07/2023

Anything you can spare be appreciated 🤙🏻

Pete's fundraiser for Alzheimer's Society - JustGiving

16/02/2023

Another little trick working how it should 👌🏻, added toe cap to stop shoe moving backwards on mustad libero on these very brittle feet, keeping horse in work and customer happy 💥 BOOM 🤙🏻. .peers74 tips - always learning. &tricks #

25/01/2023

Little bit of old school 👌🏻. Hunter that pulls shoes off for fun 🙄, every foot very different. So equilibrium fitted to club foot hunter style and the same side hind fitted with graduated shoe with heels trimmed down as far as can go and finished with a dub toe. Speed the front up and slow the hind down 👌🏻.

23/12/2022

Happy Christmas 🎄. That’s me finished until Wednesday, thank you to all my customers and especially for the Xmas presents really appreciated.
Hope you all have great Xmas 🎅🏻,

20/12/2022

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFnRDeGt/

Officially ex army royal horse artillery brake horse , now a pleasure pony 🤙🏻

09/12/2022

Dropping some rail shoes on 👌🏻🤙🏻. Arthritic horse with weak heels so went for wide webbed mustad equilibrium’s with rails. To give support over heels while rails easing movement - winner !!!
.peers74

05/12/2022

Straightening things up 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤣. Another rehab TB with more than a few issues!!
Back to basics and the trim doing the most !!

05/12/2022

Quick egg bar made on the job today 🤙🏻🤙🏻.

09/11/2022

It’s TOE CAP kinda day👌🏻. Modified Mustad libero concave with toe cap.

18/10/2022

Hoofcare pads working as the should giving the much needed support 👌🏻

11/10/2022

New chaps kinda day 👌🏻👌🏻.
for producing some brilliant chaps with few modifications to make my life easier!! Work like a dream. Cheers guys 👍🏻.
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19/09/2022

New spider plate shoe day, it’s taking a long while for this damage heel quarter to grow down strong but we are getting there. Shoe helping distribute the weight while providing the much needed support.

24/08/2022

Little repair job on Simon the humongous cob. Sadly he has some horrendous brittle feet and I don’t rasp anymore hoof wall than I need to to keep the strength
Using super bond to fill and hold until another 5/6 wks.

23/08/2022

Todays little find! Maggots deep underneath the frog going into bulbs of heel . Was interesting digging them all out as was hundreds of the little sods.

23/08/2022

Todays little find! Maggots deep underneath the frog going into bulbs of heel . Was interesting digging them all out as was hundreds of the little sods.