Posted 2005-06-22 10:32 PM (#26954 - in reply to #26951) Subject: RE: farrier lincensing
Expert
Posts: 1989 Location: South Central OK
Just another way for Uncle Sam to control another line of work. Farriers already have tests they can take and educational credits, etc. I bet it will cost about $85.
Posted 2005-06-23 9:21 AM (#26963 - in reply to #26951) Subject: RE: farrier lincensing
Veteran
Posts: 225 Location: Kansas City
Would probably work like teeth floating in my area. Many vets consider floating teeth to be practicing medicine. Many vets don't have a clue how to float teeth. So you have a black market for good teeth floaters.
My farrier is years of experience and has performed some major hoof removals for me in the past for white line infections/chronic abcesses. This, after I worked with a "well known horse vet" for 3 months of every-other-week abcesses.
I agree with previous poster that this will most likely result in more bureaucratic red tape.
I prefer to find a farrier by reputation rather than by some government certificate.
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