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  • #21
    My trainer's wife collects funds from us (she does every year) for the vet, farrier, and the guys that work for them for gifts that are from all of us. Our vet loves to go to Mexico - he wasn't going to be able to go that year, so she made him "Mexico in a Box" - all the stuff for margaritas, chips and salsa, guacamole, a giant sombrero and some other stuff. He thought it was hysterical and loved it. I thought it was brilliant.

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    • #22
      Originally posted by CosMonster View Post
      Just do try to keep business concerns in mind, the only gifts I didn't particularly like were ones where clients added an extra $ amount to their bill on the same check...made my accounting a wee bit complicated. And even those I appreciated the sentiment!
      I probably would've done that. Thanks for pointing it out.

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      • #23
        Originally posted by 2DogsFarm View Post
        I am running out of ideas - I've done mailorder cakes, cookies, fruit & last year Honeybaked Hams.

        This year I was thinking of gas cards - both these guys spend a lot of time in their trucks.
        If I gave a $25 card along with a nice box of clementines would that seem appropriate?

        I like the vet's office staff to have something special as they are always very helpful too. Maybe some cookies or Mickey D certificates for them & the gas card in an envelope for Himself?

        I am open to suggestions
        yup.
        My vet I primarily used is not an issue/she just quit the practice (sigh) and I never have tipped the "group". I did send the office staff cookies though. Doing Mickey D's would be a nice idea except in their group that there are a ton of em (techs, desk ladies etc) that turn over quite a bit. I wouldn't know where to draw the line.

        and my farrier I just tip in cash as he has 6 kids and a stay at home wife. I know they money helps him more than anything. But in your case....yup, sounds like a lovely idea.
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        • #24
          2DogsFarm, it sounds like your ideas are just fine!

          My vet's practice gets so many high-calorie goodies this time of year that I decided to put together a basket of ground coffees, white, green and herb teas and low-calorie instant cocoa mixes that they can use throughout the winter. They loved it! So that is what I send over every year.

          I normally tip my farrier 20 percent, but at Christmas time I put additional funds into the envelope.
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          • #25
            For farrier gift ideas, check out the neat stuff here: http://www.hoofprints.com/gifts.html

            I got their catalog last night and loved the neat things they offer
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            • #26
              Originally posted by Seal Harbor View Post
              My trainer's wife collects funds from us (she does every year) for the vet, farrier, and the guys that work for them for gifts that are from all of us. Our vet loves to go to Mexico - he wasn't going to be able to go that year, so she made him "Mexico in a Box" - all the stuff for margaritas, chips and salsa, guacamole, a giant sombrero and some other stuff. He thought it was hysterical and loved it. I thought it was brilliant.
              That's a great idea. I might have to do that for my dressage trainer. She loves Mexican food and margaritas!

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              • #27
                For both the vet and farrier I make up a bucket of different kinds of imported beer.

                I didn't realize how much they like it until they both happened to be at the barn and started discussing their awesome Christmas present.

                I have done this for a few years now and the vet is always looking to see what new kinds I come up with.

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                • #28
                  I just get my farrier a nice box of chocolates each year. Always goes over great. I think that payingon time, having a decent mannered beast, and being an easy and reliable client are the greatest gift we can give our horsey professionals. :-)
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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by saddleup View Post
                    I give mine a tin of this great Christmas mix I make with Chex mix, coconut, cashews and m&m's. I have done for years. One year I switched it up and gave a gift card, and boy, I heard about it from both of them. Seems they really, really like the stuff. Ever since, that's what they get every year.
                    So I just made your Christmas Mix and it is FANTASTIC!!! The farrier is due here Wed and will be getting some of the mix along with a pair of Smartwool socks

                    Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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                    • #30
                      Our vet last year got a stained glass of his vet clinic's logo and they always get some bags of beef jerky they love from a nearby meat store.

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                      • #31
                        My farrier is a voracious reader, and we talk books while he works on the horses. So each year I give him the best book I've read all year in hardcover. This year it is "The Emperor of All Maladies". Obviously this only works if you know what they like!

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                        • #32
                          Food is always good.
                          I just got my annual box of Godiva chocolates from the two geriatric acupuncture patients I do regularly...

                          I think the most amazing present I've gotten was when 3 of my clients who were taking a woodworking class together made a carved sign for my barn--a lovely head profile of a dapple grey Arab with a separate "ribbon" that went under it with the farm name--then they came over and hung it up on the front of the barn, because they knew it would be months before I got to it...
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                          ...just settin' on the Group W bench.

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                          • #33
                            From a farrier prospective, we absolutely love to eat! Anything edible is wonderful, especially homemade. A gift card to somewhere like Subway would go a long way.

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                            • #34
                              Originally posted by saddleup View Post
                              Christmas Mix:

                              Combine in heavy saucepan:
                              1 c. butter
                              1/2 c. light Karo syrup
                              1 1/3 c. sugar

                              Boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1 tsp. vanilla.

                              Combine in biggest bowl you have:
                              4 c. Rice Chex cereal
                              4 c. Crispix cereal
                              8 oz. flake coconut
                              1 can whole cashews, salted

                              Pour liquid over dry ingredients, stir well, sprinkle in about 2/3 c. red & green M&M's. Pour onto waxed paper and spread out to cool. Store in air tight container.

                              It's fun to give this in a small cellophane holiday gift bag, tied with a ribbon, or a small decorative holiday tin.
                              OMGoodness - I made your Christmas Mix this weekend... it didn't last til Monday morning! LOL! Thank you for this recipe - my Family gives it a "2-hooves-up"! Now, to make some & actually get it into a gift container, BEFORE it gets eaten up!
                              Thank you! J
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                              • #35
                                Farrier Gift idea LEATHER BINDER BLACKSMITH HORSESHOERS BUCKLE

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                                • #36
                                  Originally posted by Jingo-ace View Post
                                  OMGoodness - I made your Christmas Mix this weekend... it didn't last til Monday morning! LOL! Thank you for this recipe - my Family gives it a "2-hooves-up"! Now, to make some & actually get it into a gift container, BEFORE it gets eaten up!
                                  Thank you! J
                                  I just made it too!! It is very, very good!!

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                                  • #37
                                    My vet and my farrier both have Ipods. I load them up with audible books to help make their drive time more bearable.

                                    They both enjoy the books and we often discuss them after!
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                                    • #38
                                      I made some, too, and gave most of it away today in my first round of neighbor gifts, but ate far too much myself.

                                      Glad you liked it. I didn't invent the recipe, but I'm happy to pass it on!

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                                      • #39
                                        Originally posted by Bogie View Post
                                        My vet and my farrier both have Ipods. I load them up with audible books to help make their drive time more bearable.

                                        They both enjoy the books and we often discuss them after!
                                        what a great idea!
                                        "It's like a Russian nesting doll of train wrecks."--CaitlinandTheBay

                                        ...just settin' on the Group W bench.

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                                        • #40
                                          Our vet actually gave US a gift this year. She has a relatively new practice and gave all her clients a bar of hand-made lavender goat milk soap that is awesome.

                                          We're dropping off some Spiced Pecans shortly.

                                          Farrier we usually gift with some products from our company store (Knuckle and fingertip BandAids, serious handcream and lip balm to prevent chapping, etc) This year I also found a two horse brasses I think he'll like - one is the sign of the horseshoer that they used to hang on inns to let you know there was a shoer there (three shoes inside another), the other is a farrier working on an anvil

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