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Strategies To Avoid Backyard Horse Issues

Farriers share their techniques for dodging common foot problems that tend to pile up with their novice owners

By Ron Perszewski posted on January 6, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Disciplines & Breeds

Caring for backyard horses can be difficult, sometimes because of the environment in which they are kept, or because some owners don’t maintain a regular hoof-care schedule because of the cost or a lack of horsemanship.

Managing Conformational Faults: A Farrier’s Approach

Understanding deviations and their role in load distribution are critical

By Jeff Cota posted on September 11, 2017

A horse’s conformation exerts a tremendous amount of influence on the hoof capsule, and in turn how a farrier trims and shoes the foot. Ideally, one should be able to drop a plumb line from the shoulder to the ground that bisects a distal limb that features a carpus and hoof that point forward.

Getting Reiners Through a Critical Year

Texas shoer suggests slider modifications to keep equine athletes going

By Jeff Cota posted on July 3, 2017 | Posted in Disciplines & Breeds, Lamenesses, Shoeing, Therapeutic Shoeing

Genetics aren’t kind to cow horses and reiners. They have the heart and drive, but conformational issues and the rigors of the discipline don’t result in long careers.

Farrier Tips

Dressing The Foot Helps Avoid Over Trimming

By Jeff Cota posted on January 30, 2015 | Posted in Trimming

Tim Byrne comes across horses' feet that have been over trimmed from time to time.

Taking A Visual Tour Of The Hoof Can Reveal Subtle Injuries

September 26, 2014 | Posted in Lamenesses

A soundness exam can go a long way toward determining whether a horse is dealing with a subtle injury.

Recurring Hoof Deformities Are Trying To Tell You Something

Chronic flares, dished toes and underrun heels are often a sign of not properly addressing balance and conformation

By Pat Tearney posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Diseases

It's almost a given. Ask a farrier to describe how he or she trims a foot and at some point, you'll hear some variation of, "I'll address any flares."

Product Knowledge

Construction Gadgets Help Improve Foot Balance

Here are two tools to more effectively evaluate limb balance and improve your trimming work

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 2013 | Posted in Equipment

Dave Farley finds there's always much more to learn about how to trim a foot and nail on a shoe. The Coschocton, Ohio, and Wellington, Fla., farrier says it took him 20 years to fully learn and understand foot balance.

Online with the Farriers' Forum

A Friesian's Hooves Crack and Fold

September 1, 2009 | Posted in Trimming

Q: About a year ago, I purchased a recently imported Friesian and brought him to Southern California. He was shod at the time, but I prefer barefoot so figured I should give it a try.

One Farrier's Viewpoint

Hoof Capsule Distortion As A Process Rather Than An Event

Veteran farrier looks at hooves from a different viewpoint

March 1, 2009 | Posted in Diseases

For too long, the horse industry and specifically farriers and equine veterinarians have looked at hoof capsule distortion (HCD) as an event that can simply be altered with a rasp, wedge pads, clips, bar shoes, etc.

The Homemade Hoof

Hall Of Fame farrier Jim Keith offers his own take on hoof balance and how it can change with the conditions that the horse calls home

By Ron Perszewski posted on May 1, 2008 | Posted in Education, Trimming

It's called horseshoeing, not footshoeing, says Jim Keith, explaining why he rejects the traditional approach of aligning the hoof-pastern axis as the starting point for bringing a hoof into balance.

Articles Tagged with ''flares''

Strategies To Avoid Backyard Horse Issues

Managing Conformational Faults: A Farrier’s Approach

Getting Reiners Through a Critical Year

Dressing The Foot Helps Avoid Over Trimming

Taking A Visual Tour Of The Hoof Can Reveal Subtle Injuries

Recurring Hoof Deformities Are Trying To Tell You Something

Construction Gadgets Help Improve Foot Balance

A Friesian's Hooves Crack and Fold

Hoof Capsule Distortion As A Process Rather Than An Event

The Homemade Hoof

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