Jimmy Petty, CF APF - Farrier Services

07/18/2025

05/23/2025

This took me less than 20 minutes to make. It wouldn't have taken that long except, I took three welding heats. Several of the greats seem to think that's the thing to do. If it works for them, it works for me.
The horse loved it.

11/20/2024

When your son asks you to do career day at school, you do it! Took the morning off to attend elementary school and show what a farrier does. Rest assured, I will not be hanging up my apron to go teach small children on a regular basis but their enthusiasm for learning was great!

09/30/2024

I just stopped by McDonald's General Store and bought 12 cases of water to donate to this effort. I just got off the phone with a friend that is helping. He said it best. He did not realize how bad it was until he tried to go help. Y'all, it's way worse than what you can imagine. I still need a utility helicopter with a large payload to go to a farm in Black mountain. There's roughly 50 people and 24 horses in that area that need an airdrop. They need hay, fencing supplies, food and water. I'll give all that I can. But we need help buying some of the supplies for them. But the main thing is the helicopter. Yes I've been saying this all day on the internet. Someone has to have a utility helicopter that can fly to Black Mountain

07/30/2024

I'm very grateful for the clients that are appreciative. You got to love when a client brings you homemade cherry yum yum.

07/23/2024

Horse owners:
When you lose your horse, your veterinarian and farrier share in that pain with you. We get to know your horse and we bond with your horse. So please, when you lose a horse, don't go on Facebook and blame your veterinarian. I see it all the time. Although, it is getting a lot better. When you go on Facebook and blast your veterinarian, it makes it even harder on them. We are losing equine veterinarians hand over fist as it is. There's a reason there is such a high su***de rate among veterinarians.

It's never pretty when a farrier cries. And I promise you, I cry with you. Sometimes you see it and sometimes you don't. When I see your horse every 5 weeks, eventually me and your horse become friends. So when you lose a horse, I lose a friend. It's one of the hardest parts of this job. We can tough our way through the heat, the disrespect, the fighting people to pay us and the physical pain. But it's always tough when you lose a friend.

Veterinarians and farriers all go through burnout phases. I am currently going through a burnout phase and I am very grumpy. The heat, the physical pain, a lot of disrespect, and fighting people for money is taking its toll at the moment. However, I've been doing this a long time and I will get through my burnout phase. I will go on and continue to help horses. I will do this job until my body says I can't do it anymore. And that's usually how a farrier's career will end. Not because we retired a certain age but because our body says, you're done. Now, when younger farriers go through their first burnout a lot of them don't make it to the other side. They will quit and go do something else. There's not a lot of young people wanting to work this hard anymore. So there's not a lot of new farriers coming into this industry. It's the same situation with equine veterinarians. We lose them to small animal because small animal gives them a better life and more money. Just some thoughts I wanted to share with the horse owners out there. Please be kind. We make our jobs look easy but I promise it is not. Be kind to your veterinarians.

07/20/2024

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07/18/2024

I love when clients bribe me with brownies LOL

07/13/2024

Today is the last day of National Farriers Appreciation Week. The last couple weeks have been brutal with the heat. Mother nature has not shown much appreciation.

"HORSE ABOVE EGO"
Just about anybody who knows me has heard me say this numerous times. It's not just something I say it's something I live. Swallowing your pride for the sake of the horse is not an easy task. It's very hard for a man to swallow his pride. I have had to swallow my pride so much I feel like I'm choking. But I have been able to help some amazing horses. I wish more veterinarians and a few more horse trainers could swallow a little bit of their pride for the sake of their horses and their customers.

06/24/2024

06/21/2024

A big shout out to Carter towing. They are awesome people. They are my official towing company.