Westland Farrier Services,INC

Text or call at (224)659-2139

About Westland Farrier Services

Westland Farrier Services is owned and operated by Jamie Westland Wandell, are services the northern Ill area. Jamie has been a practicing farrier since 2000. She first began her path apprenticing under her father and later a few other farriers. She attended Heartland Farrier School for advanced Blacksmithing. At the same time she attended college, first community college then Northern Illinois university where she studied psychology and sociology. However her true passion is horses so she has dedicated her life to being a farrier.

Jamie has spent countless hours education herself on the different types of corrective shoeing and she communicates well with veterinarians.

About Jamie Westland Wandell the person. Jamie has spent her entire life surrounded by horses. She has been a dedicated farrier since 2000, working in northern Illinois. Jamie is a third generation farrier, who believes in continued education. Her dedication to her trade has been acknowledged most recently by the daily Herald, January 2016 and the American Farrier Journal the same month. articles : http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160102/news/160109865/ http://www.americanfarriers.com/articles/8012-illinois-farrier-encourages-continuing-education

At the present time her horses/best friends are Tag A Long, Mae and Royal. Tag and Jamie compete in Working Equation,the four phases of competing are Dressage, Ease of handling, Speed and cattle. Mae and Jamie mostly enjoy early morning trail rides on the weekends since Mae has retied from Fox Hunting. Royal is Jamie's newest addition to the herd and is a Dales Pony colt. The Dales ponies are an endangered breed Jamie has been seen at the Midwest Horse fair showing off this rear breed that she first learned of as a child and fell in love with.

The benefit of a Farrier that rides

Many people are unaware of the benefit of having a farrier that also loves to ride. Farriers that ride understand the feel of the movement of the horse and can better understand what a client is trying to explain and the demands and shoeing needs of each discipline.

Here is another link to better explain those benefits:

http://horselistening.com/2012/01/08/little-known-qualities-of-great-farriers/

Pricing

We offer a wide variety of services and have not included them all in this list, if there is something you are wondering about please feel free to contact us. pricing is subject to change at any time.

Trims $75
Four steel shoes w/trim $250

Front shoes w/trim $155

Aluminum shoes an extra $45

Pads an extra $35

please call for pricing on"corrective" shoes and other pads, packs and other packages.

prices are subject to change.