
In terms of pragmatic farriery, the safest and most effective manner of a farrier's "dealing with" a horse not accustomed to having its feet handled is to say, "Put him back in his stall and call me when you get him broke to trim/shoe." For a farrier, it's fiscal foolishness to get under any horse that has a greatly increased potential for disrupting one's source of income.
Good farriery has to do with foot preparation, shoe preparation, and the application of various appliances to horses' feet. Good farriery has nothing whatsoever to do with breaking horses to having their feet handled! Farriers trim and shoe. Owners and trainers train. It's incumbent on the horse's connections, not the farrier, to accustom a horse to having its feet handled. Some farriers may be willing to assist an owner in training a horse, but that assistance is most assuredly not included in the cost of a shoeing, it's an added service which requires additional compensation.
If you have a horse not accustomed to having its feet handled that needs shoeing now, simply schedule the vet and farrier out together. The vet can administer whatever drugs are required and the farrier can trim the beast. The long term solution to your problem will likely be a function of wet saddle blankets, but it would probably help a great deal if you tapped a keg right outside your horse's stall and invited a few folks over to help you dispose of it.
