11/01/2023
PSA(because apparently I need to make one and Im angry). If you call me to trim your donkeys, during that conversation I will ask questions and ask for pictures if you have them. I tell you my rate and I also tell you that you have to stay on a schedule. 90 percent of the donkeys on my books have been some form of rehab. Most of the donkeys I meet for the first time are in a new home and have come from a neglecting one. I don't change my rate, because what may take me an hour and a half in the beginning will end up being 20 minutes over time. I almost always have to train your donkeys and teach them that I'm helping, not hurting and I am their friend. I will bust my ass, get my ass busted, and I will schedule another appt before I leave or within a day if we get talking too much and we forget. I am on time and if I was going to be late I would call(it did happen once) and I ALWAYS work on the donkeys time, which I warn you about at the first phone call. I am always open to texts for advice and i get alot of them. I dont want you to have to learn things the hard way like I did. The schedule I put you on depends on a number of factors. I take into account your time, your financial situation, but most of all I schedule for what the donkey needs. If I put you on a rehab schedule, we are going to be seeing each other far more frequently than if you are a 20 minute maintenence trim. If you don't keep your appt, i get it, life happens. But, You need to reschedule, which I tell you at the time. I also tell you my availability. If you don't, and you ghost me,I assume that you have either gone back to your old farrier( which is fine, no hard feelings) or you really don't give a s**t about your donkeys. If you do not reschedule, or call within a weeks time to do so, then odds are im firing you. I love your donkeys, but if you cancel in the middle of a rehab schedule and then I hear from you 6 plus months later, you are telling me several things. One, I am going to have to start from scratch, which is ALOT of work, two, there is a good chance it will happen again, and three, you really don't care about your donkeys health and well being and you should probably just sell them to someone who does. And threatening me and saying how unprofessional I am for telling you i dont have room in my books for you (when i even gave you names of other farriers in The area)and that you're going to tell everyone just reaffirms my suspicions. My book is full with clients who stay on a schedule. If it makes you feel better to bad mouth me, by all means. I feel sorry for your donkeys and hope they eventually find the good homes they deserve.
