Adam Howel Registered Farrier

11/01/2025

31/12/2024

Happy new year to all my friends and clients 🎉

Thanks for all the support throughout 2024 🌟

I’ve got a New Year’s resolution for you all pre book appointments with your farrier giving atleast 3-4 weeks notice 👍🏻🤣

Shoeing will have a £5 price increase in 2025 to enable the business to continue to provide the best service 👍🏻

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all clients hope you all have a great Christmas 🎄
I’m back to work on the 30th 🐴

21/11/2024

From the forge to the foot ☑️
Making use of these darker evenings in the forge
I might of had some help with these ones 📸

12/09/2024

I will be having the week off 5th until 12th October
Any emergencies let me know I’ll try and get them sorted 👍🏻

24/05/2024

2-3 weeks notice essential for appointments

Every message will receive the updated 2024 pricing attached if you’ve already seen it just ignore it
£30 single trim
£25 multiple trims
£50 pair of fronts
£80 full set
Thank you 👍🏻

21/04/2024

From The Forge To The Foot 📸🐴

Silly season has begun please book in advance 🌟

22/12/2023

That’s me done for Christmas thank you to all of my clients for the tips gifts and chocolates 🎁

Thank you for the continued support in 2023 and looking forward to another busy year in 2024 🌟

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year 🎅🏼🎉

18/12/2023

Price update as of January 1st 2024
Unfortunately due to never ending increases in shoes nails rasps gas and fuel I’m having to increase prices
I’ve held off aslong as I could any problems pop me a message 👍🏻

29/07/2023

* 3 weeks notice for appointment essential * 👴🏻

30/05/2023

* LAMINITIS*

As the spring grass shoots through, we are getting lots of cases of laminitis reported.

-What is laminitis?
Laminitis is an inflammation of the sensitive tissues in the feet, triggered by too high a sugar intake, as well as other factors.

-What signs will I see?
Horses will suddenly go quite sore/ lame usually on the front feet (but the back feet can also be involved as well). The feet will feel hot to the touch, and the pulses to the feet will usually be bounding and very easily felt.
Horses will sometimes rock onto the back feet to try and take the pressure off their front feet (as pictured below).
They will usually be slightly quieter than normal, and may be off their food due to being in pain.

-What can I do?
Horses with laminitis need strong pain killers, such as bute or Danilon, and sometimes need extra pain relief in the form of paracetamol. Please contact your vet for a dose of bute and paracetamol before giving them to your horse.
Horses with laminitis need to be box rested and taken off of fresh grass- soaking hay removes a lot of the sugar, and hay should be fed preferentially over haylage to laminitic horses.
A deep bed of shavings will also help support the feet, as well as talking to your vet or farrier about remedial shoeing (usually heartbars) to help support the feet.
Recurrent cases of laminitis can sometimes be linked to hormonal conditions such as equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) and cushings (PPID), both of which can be diagnosed with blood tests, so if you are concerned about recurrent cases, please talk to the office.
Radiographs are sometimes required if the horse is not making as much progress as expected to assess for rotation of the pedal bone (P3).

-How can I prevent laminitis in the future?
The most important factor in preventing laminitis is controlling the sugar intake in the diet. A lot of horses need ‘strip grazing’ where the amount of grass available is increased gradually over time, or need to be turned out with a grazing muzzle to limit the grass intake. Long seeded grass, or grass being left for hay, has less sugars in than the short fresh grass coming through on an eaten down paddock.
It’s always important to remember to add in a balancer to the diet if the horse is eating solely hay, as this lacks a lot of the essential vitamins and minerals required for healthy horses.

If you have any questions or concerns about your horse, please give the office a call on 01745 584516 or email us on [email protected]

26/05/2023

This is what you’ve all done to me lately…🧑🏻‍🦲
3 weeks notice if possible please or rebook on a schedule every 5-8 weeks 🙏

03/03/2023

Please could everyone try to book in future appointments with a minimum 2-3 weeks notice we’re possible as your making me go bald 🧑🏻‍🦲🤣
But as always I will try to fit you in if I can 👍🏻

31/12/2022

What a year! thank you for all the support throughout the year🌟

Looking forward to a busy 2023 🌟

Wishing all my customers and friends a very happy new year from me and the team 🤣🎉

24/12/2022

That’s the last horse done before Christmas 🎄

Thank you to everyone for the Christmas tips chocolates and presents 🌟

Hope everyone has a great Christmas I’m back to it Thursday 29th 🐴