How much class time is spent shoeing and how much in forging, lecture, etc?
As mentioned above, students will be under horses almost every day. You will begin shoeing live horses the second day of class. A typical day at Mission Farrier School goes like this: 9am Students gather and preview the days cases. Horses show up between 9 and 9:30 and are assigned to students. The class watches as each horses history is presented, and as each is evaluated for their way of going. Much can be learned during this time. This is where we learn to talk the talk with the client. Learning to talk the talk has become more and more important, as todays clients are better educated and demand answers in language that they can understand. This is where you will learn to effectively communicate what you are doing to their horse, and more importantly, why. This is also the area where most professional farriers fail. One of the biggest complaints we hear from the horse owning public is I dont understand what my farrier is doing. I would like to understand it, but when I ask, I dont g
