Professional Farrier

Ever try to stick the cap on a pen and then jab it into your hand to get the cap on tightly, only to poke yourself very hard with the pen tip because the cap had failed to stick on the pen? (Like I did this afternoon.)

Clint Durne, Farrier, came to trim Andy's hooves today. A talkative guy with a lot of horseshoeing wisdom. He works with vets in the area — today he rattled off the names of numerous horsey vets that would be good to observe. One particular piece of wisdom, paraphrased: "Ride with both good and bad vets — you can learn what NOT to do from the bad." Yeah, I think that makes sense, so long as my foundational knowledge is good.
Clint has done Andy's feet on multiple occasions and he never charges the club — even though Andy can be quite the pill (like today when he tried to kick Clint). His wife is really nice on the phone, and his young daughter was along today. A genuinely friendly child always surprises me, but it seems like the parents of that one have rubbed off on her. Glean from that... if you want your children to turn out well, be good yourself.