Brian Rourke Master Farrier & Mitch Rourke Apprentice Farrier &
FireForge has been in the business of Shoeing and Trimming horses for 39 years. So we are able to offer you the alternative of having your horses shod or Barefoot trimmed.
As many are aware not all horses are capable of being totally Barefoot due to there conformatiom, enviroment, climatic conditions,terrain etc. or they may take a little longer to adapt to this new way of going.
Some horse owners will never change to barefoot as that's the way the world is....!
I am in the position of having been on both sides of the fence, so I has seen what damage shoes can have on a horses health. Both short and long term...?
Don't be mistaken it wasn't an easy journey....Has taken me 2 years to change my way of thinking.... a lot of knockers... 100's of hrs of study...soul searching....reading about all the disasters from unqualified barefoot trimmers with very little experience. So the journey began....it has been a life changing experience for me...now I am seeing Horses that have been cronically lame whilst being shod running sound in a very short period of time Barefoot
So now I offer you the best of both worlds....... A fully Qualified Master Farrier-Blacksmith with 39 years of experience able to Barefoot trim your horses.
I offer you my Knowledge of having worked under 80,000 horses that I have Shod.... as well as probably that many again being trimmed.
