Charlie is a 7 year old TWH. His owners, Jim and Donna Dehaas, who were relatively new to horses, just happened to find me after an online search for trainers in the area.
One of the problems the Dehaas’ had with Charlie was handling his feet. In fact, he’d already kicked Jim. And after slamming the farrier hard he had to be sedated for shoeing.
It didn’t need to be like that. The Dehaas’ wanted Charlie barefoot so the first order of business was getting the shoes off
Getting the shoes off would be Lauren (Gruber’s) job. But [more...]