Diana Nett

Diana Nett - In 1991 Diana decided she'd had enough of Real Estate, and being cooped up in an office. She wanted to do something out of doors, with horses if possible. So in 1992 she began apprenticing under a former Cal Poly horseshoeing instructor and instantly found her calling. A health crisis interrupted her career for a while, but against the doctor's odds she recovered and returned to shoeing horses in late 2005 and now sees about 300 horses every 6 to 10 weeks. In addition to belonging to two farrier's associations she continually attends clinics, lectures and conferences to keep current on new technology and ways of dealing with various types of lameness and challenging hoof problems. Diana enjoys working with her clients through the various stages of disease or injury, lameness and recovery, and helping them return to a comfortable & useful life, often subjecting herself to injury. Diana says, "This is not a job for the faint of heart, but I can think of nothing I'd rather do!" Diana will demonstrate the proper way to trim and balance a horse's hooves in preparation for shoeing, shape a set horseshoes on the anvil, "hot fit" them to the feet and apply and dress the finished hooves. Her daily working rig and tools will be on display.