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"Walt Freund prides himself on punctuality - it's one of his guiding principles.\nWhen I walked into the office on a recent Wednesday morning, four minutes after nine, Freund was already patiently waiting for me, even though we had agreed to meet between nine and nine thirty. As the brawny and fantastically mustachioed 54-year-old took my extended hand in his, I could tell I was going to like him. I could also tell he was holding back a bit in that handshake. His large powerful hands were thick and rough, a product of his rather unusual day job as a horseshoer, or farrier.\nThe gregarious Bend native spends his workdays rising with the sun in preparation for the full day ahead. Driving his Ford pickup truck and loaded-down trailer to various ranches, farms and private homes, \"Walt the Horseshoer,\" as he is known by many horse owners in the area, has happily spent the last 25 years lifting the legs of horses in order to inspect, trim and shoe their hooves.\n\"Our job (farriers) is to make the horse comfortable and get the most performance out of them as possible,\" Freund explains. \"We&amp;apos;re like horse podiatrists.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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