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Equibalance Farrier Services

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Equibalance Farrier Services

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Balanced barefoot trims, to corrective shoeing, and therapeutic custom packages for lameness issues. Please visit our website for more information!

Therapeutic farrier since 2012, graduate of Mission Farrier School, AFA Certified Farrier, IAPF credentials, Gait Biomechanics/locomotion certificate by Hoofbeat/Dr Hagan.

11/01/2026

A Little Friendly Reminder About Boundaries (and Barn Drama!)

One of the things I genuinely enjoy about my job is the relationships I’ve built with my clients. I love catching up, hearing what’s happening around the barn, sharing a few laughs, and yes, even hearing a little barn gossip while I’m working on your horse.

However, I do want to gently address something that’s become increasingly common.

My inbox is not a 24/7 barn drama hotline. 🤣

Late night messages about disagreements with boarders, trainers, barn owners, hay suppliers, massage therapists, chiropractors, veterinarians, other horse owners, or anyone else in your horse’s extended social circle can become overwhelming, especially when I’m not involved in the situation and have absolutely no ability to resolve it.

While I care about my clients and their horses, I’m also running a business, managing a busy schedule, traveling, and trying to maintain some separation between my professional and personal life.

When I’m off the clock, I’d really like to be off the clock.

Please know that horse related concerns involving my work, hoof care, scheduling, or anything that directly impacts your horse’s farrier needs are always welcome. Those are absolutely part of my job!

But the ongoing interpersonal barn drama? That’s probably best saved for your barn bestie, a glass of w**e, or our next appointment when we’re catching up over a hoof. ☕️😂

I love my clients, I love your horses, and I appreciate the trust you place in me. I’m simply asking that we all be a little more mindful of professional boundaries and each other’s personal time.

Thank you for understanding, supporting my small business, and helping me keep my inbox a little more hoof related and a little less reality TV related! 🤣🤣

Picture of my best donkey boy Tingy giving me snuggles while laying down.

Beth Lewis, CF

10/23/2026

No mini skirts please 😂

You go the extra mile to put bell boots on your horse, but are they doing their job? The wrong size or shape can leave your horse short on protection, despite your best intentions. Here’s how to check the fit.

10/22/2026

Working with senior horses is a good reminder that not every horse can be handled the same way. Taking our time, making adjustments, and learning what works best for each individual can go a long way toward making the experience more comfortable.
I learned a few new tricks from an owner who knows her horse well. We can always learn something from every horse and every person we work with.

10/20/2026

Meet my best pal, Dexter Donkey! He was found many years ago in a kill pen, he was scared and totally vulnerable. My client before she met me took him home and started with some basic hoofcare and he let her know right away that he hated having his feet touched and told her so by sending a hoof into her face.. his farrier at the time deemed him a bad boy and they had many a wrestling matches where not all 4 feet were done it was a give a try and give up because Dexter took it to 11.

In rolls “Auntie Beth” who DEMANDED he be my best friend. I forced the friendship with a bucket of cookies and determination to have it be a GOOD experience. The first few visits were a comedy routine where we taught him that if you even just pick a foot up you get a treat stuffed into your snaggle tooth mouth and he realized rather quickly that this was a good deal. Sure he tested me, he reared, he kicked out, he kicked tooled out of my hands, he met me with donkey fist to cuffs but I laughed at him gave him a noogie and told him he was so brave and tough to try to fight me. No matter what he did I just reacted gently and laughed at all his antics. He does his really funny flinch where he jumps his whole body like a little spook to see if I’m going to drop and run but I would just scratch and pinch his buns while he aggressively shook his tail at me. Keep trying buddy I’m not giving up on you!!

About 4 visits in he turned a corner, he heard my voice and started to bray “AUNTIE IS HERE!!” He would ram his stall gate to get close to me, while trimming his mates he would reach his head thru the bars and sniff me as I casually kissed and pet his handsome face and offered some ear rubs.

We made it we had a routine, over the last few years we quit with the treats and he didn’t even mind, he just learned to relax, enjoy my company, munch hay while I corrected his feet. It was a long road.

Look at the photos, this is not a wild aggressive donkey, it’s a friend, it’s a sole mate, I just adore this boy and there is a familiarity to his personality that I have met within my own herd of 5. He knows I speak donkey, he knows I understand his language, he knows he can trust me, he knows I won’t ever do anything except snuggle and laugh at his antics.

We do him at liberty now, we also have had new Rachel trim him and he got to do him herself today (thank you!) without me in person and she reports he was perfect! She can’t believe that he use to be a bad egg. His attending vet has also noticed a huge change in his personality and he is amazing for his shots and exam as of this year. His owner told the vet “it was all the farrier Beth fixed him”.

What did he need? Patients, love, humor and cookies.

What did he learn from previous humans? Fighting and force. Now that being said I’m not immune from giving any equine a hard boundary but when I met this guy he spoke to me “I fight because I’m afraid” and I listened.

This really is my best friend Dexter, at this point I feel like I own him but just keep him at his house 😂. We always say, he always has a home with me if he would ever need one at anytime (which would never happen but we joke).

If you are a farrier and going around beating up and picking fights with donkeys I offer you free training come work with my herd let me teach you how to work around them. All my apprentices over the years have handled my own herd who can test and see what you are made of, and I guide everyone into success.

If you hate donkeys, just decline doing them and have them call me or my ladies we love donks.

Donkeys are not second class equines, get to know them.

10/18/2026

What a great day today with running my Hoofbeat gait analysis machine on a group of horses! Big thanks to Gelinas Farm for having Rachel and myself out to the farm today and thank you to Durasole and Hot Dirty Barefoot Trimmer products for supplying us with jars of Toe Jam!!

10/18/2026

10/17/2026

This was such a fun time! What a great group of horses and people!

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