Joseph Vita has been shoeing/floating/training
horses all over the east coast for over 40 yrs,
his wife Laura has joined the effort for the last 15 years,
as well as his oldest son Tony!
Aluminum, Plastic, Glue Ons and the latest in Hoof Technology available
Specialized/hospital/therapeutic shoeing always available
Simple performance maintenance floating done
with hand tools & patience
We have helped the hooves and teeth of:
English/Western Pleasure and Show
Polo and Sport
Mounted Patrol and Street
Corrective and Hospital
For those of you folks who are wondering why our Trim and Float prices are so low and how we can keep them so low, the answer is a simple love for the Horse and God's urging to make this a ministry and not just a profession. We know there are many animals that are deprived of farrier/dental services due to the dismal financial conditions we face today.It is our goal and commitment to extend to our clients, and their horses, experienced service at affordable un-inflated costs. We do this by keeping our overhead down. The majority of our service to the horses here are good balanced trims and simple floats, which do not require expensive tool chests and vehicles .
For shoeing needs, regular or specialized, we have a fully loaded 20' walk in shop trailer that can come to your farm or you can trailer to our indoor facility. For anyone that is concerned about our expertise, we would be very happy to trailer a horse to your site and shoe him so you can see the quality of our work. We say rather than depend on someone else to certify us for you, we will come to you and you can certify us yourself. It would be insulting for anyone to say a horse-owner can not judge a good farrier and his quality of work for him/herself.
Just a note on shoeing schools and dentistry schools. While it is wise to ask if your "professional" is licensed or certified, don't forget that experience is the name of the profession. Not too many years ago the only professionals in these businesses had to apprentice with another well experienced professional for 4 yrs. In Europe this is still the only way. But since our Government has stopped running the shoeing schools for Calvary purposes, anyone can open a school and say it is certifiable. There is no criteria to make it such. There is no final testing regulated by any one governing authority. Therefore anything goes. The sad part is that these schools are turning out so called "farriers" after only 4-12 weeks of schooling, and NO apprenticeschip! In the dentistry business they are graduated after an average of 18 months, No apprenticeship. Now go figure, these dentists are not vets, they can not sedate your animal to extract anything, so we are talking simple floating, which is to make your horse comfortable for chewing, and better digestion. Easily done with the right expertise, but not really able to lame your horse for life. Where as shoeing/trimming can ruin a horse for life, and they are turning out students in 4-12 WEEKS. Now I am not saying the schooling is bad, just very limited. So if asking for certification, ask for how many years of service they have given to the horse industry as a Full Time Professional, and don't discount the un-certified gentleman or lady who has been a full time professional for years especially if they have generations of professionalism in the family!
