COWBOY SHOEING

[Faster horses]

Yep. The good shoers around here refuse to do 'bad' horses.
Just not worth the effort. When we were in W. Montana, land of
many rocks, our horses got shod so much that when you wanted
them to pick up their feet, you tapped their leg and they obliged.
When we got here, our shoer told us ours was the best horses
he had ever shod. They were so light and never leaned on him;
he showed me once that he could hold Dan's (a great gelding)
foot up with his finger...

People should teach their horses to stand on three legs and not
lean...it's not that hard, but seems to elude most people...