January/ February 1999
Happy 25th Birthday!
Check plans for celebrating American Farriers Journal’s 25th anniversary.
By Frank Lessiter
Learning Never Stops
These farriers work together once a month to expand their shoeing knowledge.
By Bob White
Thin Walls Need Careful Nailing
Split hooves from nailing too fine can be avoided by using the proper nail angle.
By Bob White
Foot Conformation Assessment
Whether genetic or environmental, here’s what to do when the foot isn’t right.
By Doug Butler
Check Shoeing Info From AAEP
Check ideas from American Association of Equine Practitioners meeting.
By Frank Lessiter
What’s New, What’s Hot?
There were lots of new products of interest to farriers at the AAEP meeting.
By Frank Lessiter
Half Dozen Steps To Higher Clips
Here’s a quick, easy way to add tall clips to that next batch of your horseshoes.
By Danny Ward
A Little Bit Of Everything
Find plenty of valuable information you need in the horse world on Web sites.
By Eric Sacharski
Efficiency Counts In Shoeing Rigs
Before having a new rig built, this farrier worked out all the design details on paper.
By Bob White
Where Winter Shoeing Is Jumping
With 4,000 horses, 228 farriers tackle Florida’s Gold Coast shoeing needs.
By Frank Lessiter
In Search Of The Perfect Gait
It’s done successfully by combining movement analysis with corrective shoeing.
By Dusty Perin
Koalas, Kangaroos And Farriers?
Two farriers travel “down under” for an experience they’ll never forget.
By Katherine Meitner
Learn, Network, Have Fun
Do it at all at the early March American Farrier’s Association convention.
By Eric Sacharski
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