I grew up in a horse shoing family. Father, all my Uncles, my Grandfather, two cousins....all farriers. Dad worked on Arab and Saddlebred show horses. Saw some absolute idiots on 4 legs ( the sums up most of the arabs bred in the 80's) I now have a QH mare that comes when I call her, stands for me to trim her feet without being tied, works off hand siglnals on the ground and is not far from being able to be ridden bridleless.
Most of the problems people have with horses begin with buying the wrong horse. Good beginner/kid horses are few and are expensive. Most approach buying a horse like buying a first car in that they buy the prettiest/cheapest they find. I've done it too and it ended up a total disaster.
