Articles Tagged with ''Farriery''

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Final Word

I'm Your Farrier

I’m your farrier. I drive back roads every day looking for you and your horses. I argue with the GPS lady about which turns to make, how far to drive and where to go next.
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People Skills

Ask Questions Before Accepting New Clients

Cornell farrier gathers vital information before taking on horses
In an ideal and unrealistic world, horse owners would be model clients with mounts that had perfect conformation and feet. Rather, it’s necessary to ask questions and gain some knowledge about that horse and client before saying “yes.”
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News & Notes

Doug Figgs’ Two-Pronged Career Suits Him Just Fine

He'd introduce himself as a horseshoer, but his musical achievements are just as impressive
Doug Figgs has to stretch in the morning. It helps loosen him up for a full day of shoeing horses. Or maybe for a day tending to his cattle. Possibly for a day of traveling capped off with an evening performance. Regardless, there's a big day ahead.
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Farriery Novel Up for National Book Award in England

The book was written by a mother of a farriery apprentice
Seventeen years ago, 16-year-old Joe Robinson set off to be an apprentice farrier in England. He would vent his trials and tribulations to his mother, an English teacher at Stonyhurst College. She then did what anyone who had a plethora of humorous stories about farriery would do: She wrote a book.
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