Tel (+44) 07802 444 152
email info@correctivefarrier.com

About Me & The Company

Hi, I'm John Nisbet DipWCF

I started my Farriery career in Scotland in 1992 when I began a 4 year 2 month apprenticeship with  Master Farrier Ruaraidh Robb AWCF.  I was lucky enough to be trained by Ruaraidh who as an AWCF (Associate of the Worshipful Company of Farriers) carried out a great deal of 'corrective Farriery'.  It was with this influence that I also became interested in this aspect of the Farriery profession.  Upon attaining the DipWCF (Diploma of the Worshipful Company of Farriers) examination in 1996 and gaining my place on the Register of Farriers I set up my own business.  From 1996 until December 2002 I ran a very successful professional Farriery service from my home town of Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders. In January 2003 I relocated to Devon for a new challenge.  Now, 2009 and I have built up another successful professional Farriery service covering a wide area of Devon and south Somerset.

Map showing the South West of England.  (This is not displaying the area covered.)

I provide a professional Farriery service to a wide variety of clients, shoeing horses from all aspects of Equestrianism.  It is important as a Farrier to adapt the style of shoeing for each individual horse according to the work that is required of it by the rider.  Upon assessing each horse it is also imperative that each limb be assessed and shod as an individual entity.  In short, the way in which one fore foot is shod is not necessarily how you would shoe the other.  This could be because of many reasons, such as a distorted hoof capsule or a limb injury.  With today's high standards in Farriery and the ever evolving practice of Veterinary science a lot of my work is aided by working closely with Vets.  This can range from a combined assessment of a clients horse to your Vet sending or emailing appropriate x-rays of a horses foot to me, enabling me to shoe the foot 'to the x-rays'.  With the aid of digital x-rays and with having a laptop computer with me in the van I can view x-rays clearly whilst carrying out work at a clients stables.  Gone are the days of holding x-ray film up to the sunlight to try and get a look!

As not all horses need 'corrective Farriery' a great deal of my time is spent shoeing with normal, standard steel shoes.  This still requires the same assessment prior to shoeing as with any corrective shoeing, but in treating all clients horses with the same high standards, prevention of may problems can be achieved.  Through simple observation I aim to shoe your horse in a way that prevents any avoidable lameness and you as the client and owner from any unnecessary expense.


 

My Mission

To achieve and maintain soundness in all clients horses.  To provide an unrivalled professional Farriery Service to all clients and to keep up with the latest in modern Farriery techniques.

 

 

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