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Shoeing Tips
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Trim To Guidelines, But Use Your Eyes As Well Most farriers use guidelines or landmarks when trimming a foot, but Bob Peacock, a member of the International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame, says it’s also important to use your eyes. Read More. |
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How To Sabotage Business Relationships Common mistakes which sabotage healthy business relationships. Read More. |
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Which Image Modality Is Best For Foot-Related Problems? Equine vet Gary Baxter believes radiographs are still the best for targeting foot-related problems. Read More. |
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Improve Horsemanship Before Picking Up A Foot Before you work with a horse, try to understand how its mind works. Read More. |
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Hoof Care’s Vital Role In Treating Lamenesses Don't forget the contributions of trimming and shoeing to a fixing lameness. Read More. |
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A Few Tips On Dealing With Damp Hooves Be aware of the ways in which a wet hoof can affect its quality. Read More. |
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There Are Times When Two Rigs Are Better Than One If you can afford it, two rigs could maximize the efficiency of your multi-farrier practice. Read More.  |
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Backyard Horses Can Be The Backbone Of A Good Business Backyard horses will be higher on the list of economic priorities of their clients than many other horses. Read More. |
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Hoof Testers Provide Data Even When A Horse Isn’t Lame Don't wait until the horse has a problem for using your hoof testers. Read More. |
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Half-Round Shoes Are For More Than Standardbreds Half-round shoes can benefit Grand Prix horses. Read More. |
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Quarter-Crack Repairs Too Often Fraught With Failure Steve Teichman of Chester County Farrier Associates in Unionville, Pa., says that it is easy to make mistakes when attempting to patch quarter cracks. In his business, he frequently sees these due to these mistakes. Read More. |
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Take Conformation Issues Into Consideration In Shoeing Scheduling Understanding a horse's confromation will help you determine the frequency of its shoeing appointments. Read More. |
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Lameness Exam Should Start Long Before You Pick Up A Hoof Harry Werner, DVM, holds that a thorough equine foot examination in lameness cases should begin long before you pick up the horse’s foot. Read More. |
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Long Toe, Low Heel Advice Farriers dealing with a horse with long-toe, low-heel conformation sometimes focus too much on the heel. Read More. |
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Fine-Tuning Keg Shoes Manufactured horseshoes don't relieve farriers from the responsibility of making sure the shoe fits and knowing proper forging skills. Read More. |
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Veteran Farriers Share Advice On Clipping and Fitting Shoes Looking back to the inaugural Summit, here are some tips about clipping and fitting shoes from leading shoers. Read More. |
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Tackling Sandcracks If you are working with sandcracks, know what you are dealing with through careful examinination, rather than blindly launching into treatment. Read More. |
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How Horses Handle Laminitis The psychology of a horse seems to be a factor in how it reacts to various treatments for laminitis. Read More. |
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Remember These Pointers When Under Dressage Horses These tips could come in handy with other horses, too, because dressage training commonly crosses breeds and disciplines. Read More. |
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Getting More Out Of Your Nippers With proper care and maintenance, you can make this tool last for years. Read More. |
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Tips From The Forge As part of our 35th anniversary, we're looking back at some of the best advice from forging. Here's a tip on drawing clips. Read More. |
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The Farrier Comes Bearing Gifts Wondering what to get your footcare clients this holiday season. Ohio shoer Dean Moshier has some recommendations for this year and future holiday seasons. Read More. |
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Treating Laminitis With Heart Bars The heart bar shoe places pressure on the frog to prevent rotation and will push the third phalanx back toward its original position. Read More. |
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Consider Charging Service-Call Fees These charges can help you track expenses and save for your next rig. Read More. |
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Look Before You Leap — And Before You Shoe A Horse Don't rush into shoeing a horse, regardless of the discipline. Read More. |
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Advice On Shoeing Team Roping Horses Sore feet are common for roping horses, both heading and heeling horses need good traction to leave the box and quickly reach maximum speed. Read More. |
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Commit Time To Education And Practice Buying shoes at a supply shop is convenient, but spend time in the forge to improve your skills. Read More. |
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Providing Access To An Abscess Texas farrier Don Sustaire says to drill a hole in the shoe to continue treatment of a hoof abscess. Read More. |
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Working With Trainers Disagreements can break out between farriers and trainers. Here is some advice on how to maintain a professional relationship with these key members of the equine community. Read More. |
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Offer Credit Card Payments Providing your clients with payments through credit cards has never been easier. It can help add steady payments to your books. Read More. |
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Prepare Your Back For The Day Ahead Your back can't work cold, it needs to be trianed for the work day. Read More. |
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Protect Your Income Disability insurance is a good idea, even if you aren't working with problem horses. Read More. |
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GPS Saves Time And Money Outfit your shoeing rig with a GPS device and you can save money on fuel and your time. Read More. |
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When The Injury Is Above The Foot Farriers can play an important role in the rehabilitation of injured horses — even when that injury is above the hoof. Read More. |
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Working Out Disagreements You will have disagreements with owners, trainers and veterinarians. Communication is key to being a successful professional. Read More. |
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Using Borium For Traction, Not Torque A veteran police horseshoer offers his advice for applying Borium. Read More. |
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Better Hoof Care Equals Lower Feed Bill Poor feet can often lead to poor diet. Read More. |
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Telltale Signs Of Warning Cracks If you are dealing with a horse whose hooves are rotated inward or outward, you're more likely to encounter quarter cracks. Read More. |
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Stop Losing Shoes! This story from 1996 explains Jerry Trapani's method for keeping shoes on the horse's feet, eliminating costly replacement charges, saving valuable time and keeping clients happy. Read More. |
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